Vernacular Construction

As Madison spread northwest toward the town spring, the area filled with small, plain working structures. The surviving Richter House began as a one-room 1820s building tied to the local tannery, remodeled into a residence in 1842.

Vernacular Construction is a historical marker in Madison, Morgan County, erected in 2011. It is one of 42 historical markers documented in Morgan County, among 112 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.6000, -83.4731 near Madison. The nearest cataloged historic site is Welcome to the Richter Cottage (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include New Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, and Confederate Dead.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.