Greensboro in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Dolly Madison
1768 - 1849
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 6, 2010
1. Dolly Madison Marker
Hostess and social leader. Wife of President Madison. Birthplace stood 1½ mi. northeast.Erected 1936 by NC State Historical Commission. (Marker Number J-6.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Women. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #04 James Madison, and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series lists.
Location. 36° 4.595′ N, 79° 53.751′ W. Marker is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County. Marker is on W Market Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located between Dolly Madison Road and College Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greensboro NC 27410, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. New Garden Friends Meeting (approx. one mile away); Guilford College (approx. one mile away); Joseph Gurney Cannon (approx. one mile away); Underground Railroad (approx. one mile away); Levi Coffin (approx. one mile away); Randall Jarrell
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 6, 2010
2. Greensboro Marker
this page online
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 6, 2010
3. Marker on W Market Street
Photographed By PaulwC3, September 20, 2014
4. James and Dolley Madison
Renactors portray James and Dolley Madison during 2014 Constitution Day Celebration at Montpelier, in Orange County, Virginia.
Photographed By PaulwC3, September 20, 2014
5. Grave of Dolley Madison (1768-1849)
Located in the Madison Family Cemetery, at Montpelier in Orange County, Virginia.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 16, 2015
6. Dolley Madison
This 1848 portrait of Dolley Madison hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
“Dolley Madison served as White House hostess during the administrations of the widowed Thomas Jefferson and her own husband, James Madison. Her effervescence doubtless accounted, in part at least, for the popularity of Madison's presidency in its last several years. After the end of Madison's term in 1817, Dolley helped her husband put his papers in order, selling a portion of them to Congress after his death.
William Elwell painted Dolley Madison's portrait in February 1848 and later sold it to her longtime friend William Winston Seaton, editor and co-owner of the Washington, D.C., newspaper The National Intelligencer. The portrait offers a glimpse of the aging Mrs. Madison, described by the artist in his diary as a very Estimable lady—kind & obliging—one of the Old School.” — National Portrait Gallery
“Dolley Madison served as White House hostess during the administrations of the widowed Thomas Jefferson and her own husband, James Madison. Her effervescence doubtless accounted, in part at least, for the popularity of Madison's presidency in its last several years. After the end of Madison's term in 1817, Dolley helped her husband put his papers in order, selling a portion of them to Congress after his death.
William Elwell painted Dolley Madison's portrait in February 1848 and later sold it to her longtime friend William Winston Seaton, editor and co-owner of the Washington, D.C., newspaper The National Intelligencer. The portrait offers a glimpse of the aging Mrs. Madison, described by the artist in his diary as a very Estimable lady—kind & obliging—one of the Old School.” — National Portrait Gallery
Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,407 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 6, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 4, 5. submitted on September 22, 2014, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 6. submitted on August 28, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
