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HISTORIC PROPERTIES

Places in HMI’s care

Six properties are interpreted as museums. Other HMI properties are not regular public-tour sites.

Museum properties

A two-story brick building with a green door and a sign reading Doctor W.D. Hutchings.
19th century

Dr. W.D. Hutchings' Office & Museum

An unusually authentic medical office filled with records, instruments, books and family artifacts.

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Ionic columns and a paneled wooden door beneath a carved entablature.
1851

Francis Costigan House

A compact masterpiece by architect and master builder Francis Costigan.

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Painted wallpaper showing a figure in a garden, photographed on the Sullivan House page.
c. 1820

Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House

The early Madison home whose preservation helped launch Historic Madison.

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Five people standing in front of the Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum sign.
Industrial heritage

Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum

America's only restored nineteenth-century saddletree factory.

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A red-brick house with green shutters, a white cornice, and an iron fence, published on the Shrewsbury–Windle House page.
1849

Shrewsbury–Windle House

An extraordinary Greek Revival landmark with a soaring three-story spiral staircase.

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An interior with peeling plaster, a ladder, and a statue on a mantel, published on the St. Michael the Archangel page.
Historic church

St. Michael the Archangel

A historic former Catholic church preserved and interpreted by HMI.

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Other HMI properties

These places are part of the collection. They are not listed as ordinary public-tour museums.

A red-brick church building with a ramp and a stone plaque.
1850

AME Church — Georgetown Neighborhood

A former African Methodist Episcopal church, available for Underground Railroad-related group programs by appointment.

By appointment →
A room with patterned wallpaper, a white mantel, and a chandelier, published on the Talbott–Hyatt House page.
HMI offices

Talbott–Hyatt House

HMI’s office and meeting space. Access is by advance reservation.

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