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 By  GreggParker Published 
10:22 am Sunday, March 27, 2016

Roundhouse bricks honor family, friends

 Madison Station Historical Preservation Society is selling engraved bricks for the Roundhouse. Officers are treasurer Cindy Sensenberger, seated at left, and secretary Beverly Young and vice president Doug Smith, standing, and president Debbie Overcash. RECORD PHOTOS/GREGG L. PARKER

Madison Station Historical Preservation Society is selling engraved bricks for the Roundhouse. Officers are treasurer Cindy Sensenberger, seated at left, and secretary Beverly Young and vice president Doug Smith, standing, and president Debbie Overcash. RECORD PHOTOS/GREGG L. PARKER

MADISON – Madison Station Historical Preservation Society is pleased to offer a unique opportunity to be a part of Madison’s history.

Historical society members are offering engraved bricks for the Roundhouse grounds.

“Madison’s iconic Roundhouse, originally built in 1896, was reconstructed 90 years later in 1986 by volunteers as part of the annual Madison Street Festival,” historical society president Debbie Overcash said.

“Madison historian, John Rankin tells us, ‘The ‘new’ Roundhouse was built from the original drawings and contains historical artifacts and early documents of the town of Madison,” Overcash said.

The Roundhouse is home not only to Madison Station Historical Preservation Society but also the only museum in the City of Madison. The iconic structure “is the site of family celebrations, such as weddings and reunions,” Overcash said.

In addition, visitors and residents gather at the Roundhouse as the starting point for tours of historic homes, Madison Ghost Tour and the historical society’s Open House during Madison Street Festival.

For the Madison Christmas Parade, Rotary Club of Madison members serve refreshments there. A quilters exhibit is another event at the Roundhouse.

“In support of Madison’s ‘Grand Ole Girl, the Roundhouse,’ the historical society has reactivated the sale of brick pavers, which honor or memorialize living or deceased individuals. These bricks will forever pave the pathway of visitors to Madison’s Roundhouse,” Overcash said.

Brochures with order forms for bricks are available at Main Street Cafe and Opie Balch Realty and Attorney Matthew Balch at 106 Main St. Society members also will have brochures at their monthly meetings at The Roundhouse on fourth Thursdays at 7 p.m.

For more information, call Overcash at 256-772-0307 or email oversanoma@gmail.com.

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