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
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. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 36° 4.609′ N, 79° 53.752′ W. Marker was in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It was on West Market Street west of Dolley Madison Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 5714 W Market St, Greensboro NC 27409, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker was in the Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It was also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this location, measured as the crow flies: Dolley Madison (here, next to this marker); Mary Nicholson (approx. 0.9 miles away); New Garden Friends Meeting (approx. one mile away); The Revolutionary Oak (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). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensboro.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. New Marker At This Location titled "Dolley Madison".
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 6, 2010
2. Greensboro Marker
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 February 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 2,643 times since then and 81 times this year. Last updated on February 14, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. 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. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
