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[Phoebe Wright's house under construction between Oglesby's Cottage and Avocado at Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor
Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Title
[Phoebe Wright's house under construction between Oglesby's Cottage and Avocado at Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1889
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story house with a wide porch, tower with a balcony, and tracery decoration, to the left of Phoebe Wright's house under construction and Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's multi-story house. The buildings stand in front of manicured lawns with trees growing behind them. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished. Oglesby’s husband Joseph built their house in 1887, but died before it was completed. She and her son continued to live in the house until his death in 1963. The house later burned down. Phoebe Wright was a prominent Quaker philanthropist. Her house was built in 1890 and was the only vacation home in Sea Girt from this time period to survive into the 21st century.
Notes
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Morris family -- Homes and haunts.
Oglesby, Margaret Antoinette, 1845-1929 -- Homes and haunts.
Wright, Phoebe, 1823-1916 -- Homes and haunts.
Avocado (NJ : Estate)
Construction -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Dwellings -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Vacation houses -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Sea Girt (N.J.)
Genre
Glass negatives.
Associated name
Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.106.3]
Accession number
P.9895.106.3
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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