sentences:  James Franklin Doughty Lanier was one of Madison's pioneers moving to the city in 1817 where he later practiced law.In the 1830s, he turned to banking and finance becoming the president of the Madison Branch of the State Bank of Indiana and a major investor in Indiana's first railroad.With his financial success, Lanier commissioned in 1840 prominent local architect Francis Costigan to design and build a residence for the sum of $25,000.