Civic Advancement
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CIVIC ADVANCEMENT. The Town of Madison Board of Commissioners selected one of their body each year to serve as President until an 1876 charter amendment incorporated the "City" of Madison and vested leadership in a Mayor and Board of Alderman (later the Mayor and City Council). In 1990, the city shifted to the City Manager - Council form of government.
With recovery following the great fire of 1869, the city also invested in civic improvements: a new cemetery (1880-1882); an electric plant and system (1891-1928); and a public waterworks system (1908). The City Hall & Firehouse (1887) replaced the former Town Hall, irreperably damaged by the 1886 Charleston earthquake.
When the 1939 City Hall & Firestation made the previous building obsolete, a period of commercial use was followed by the eventual restoration of the building in 1991 by the Madison-Morgan Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc. Chamber offices include the Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau, which operates a State Welcome Center.
CITY OF MADISON MADISON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 1809-2009 A PRESERVE AMERICA COMMUNITY
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