Madison County is named for James Madison, who was the fourth President of the United States of America.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
E – Culpeper County and Orange County
S – Orange County and Greene County
W – Page County
Created: December 4, 1792 
County Seat:
Madison 1792 – present
County Courthouse – Madison
Location: 1 South Main Street / Church Street
Built: 1828 – 1830
Style: Colonial
Architect: Malcom F Crawford
Contractor: Malcolm F Crawford, Richard S Boulware and William B Phillips
Description: The building faces southeast and is a two story red colored brick and wood structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Madison. The walls are laid in even colored Flemish bond. The southeast front has an arcade on the first story with four arch and an arch at each end. There are green colored shutters. The building rises to a pediment with a Tuscan entablature at either end. At the front of the roof is an octagonal white colored cupola with green colored dome above. The roof is hipped. The courtroom is located on the first story with two sets of stairs at the rear ascending to a gallery. There is a Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court courtroom on the lower story. The building houses the County Circuit Court, County General District Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of the 16th Judicial Circuit. On the northeast side is the Clerk’s Office with glass entrance between the building and the new one story addition extending northwest. Across Main Street is the red colored brick Courthouse Annex which houses the General District Court
See: The Caroline County and Page County courthouses are similar in design as Malcolm F Crawford was the contractor.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Madison County Courthouse
See: Thomas Jefferson designed the Roman Temple style of courthouse. Prominent among the courthouse builders who had worked at the University of Virginia were Dabney Cosby, Sr., Malcolm F Crawford, and William B Phillips. They in turn influenced other builders in the Jeffersonian idiom, including Branch Ellington, William A Howard, David Meade, and Valentine Parrish. Courthouse still standing include those in Buckingham County and Charlotte County designed by Jefferson and those in Caroline County, Clarke County, Cumberland County, Goochland County, Greene County, Lunenburg County, Madison County, Mecklenburg County, Nottoway County, Page County, Rappahannock County and Sussex County.
See: The 16th Judicial Circuit includes Albemarle County, Charlottesville, Culpeper County, Fluvanna County, Goochland County, Greene County, Louisa County and Orange County
History: The county was created in 1792 and Madison was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was a log building erected in 1793. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1828 to 1830.
County Courthouse – Madison
County Circuit Court courtroom
County Courthouse Annex – Madison
Photos taken 2013