Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Title [Charles & Phoebe] Wright's cottage & ours [Avocado] from South, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1889
Date September 20, 1889
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing Morris family home Avocado and the house of Charles and Phoebe Wright, two multi-story houses with grassy lawns standing in front of a sand dune. Avocado on the right has a wide porch and a tower with a balcony. The Wright's house on the left is made of brick and features a porch and a crenellated ridgeline. 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. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890.
Notes Time: 11:30 AM
Light: good sun
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.
Wright, Charles Barstow, 1822-1898 -- Homes and haunts.
Wright, Phoebe, 1823-1916 -- Homes and haunts.
Avocado (NJ : Estate)
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.9895.1584]
Accession number P.9895.1584