Henry G. Morse

Who was Henry G. Morse?

Henry Grant Morse, Jr. was an American architect, best known for the two English manor houses that he relocated to Richmond, Virginia.

He studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and established himself in New York City before the age of 20. As an associate, he collaborated with Boston architect Herbert D. Hale on the Camden Free Public Library Main Building in Camden, New Jersey; the Norfolk Public Library in Norfolk, Virginia; and the United Engineering Societies Building in New York City. These were all projects funded by Andrew Carnegie. As associates, Hale and Morse both collaborated with architects Parker & Thomas on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Building in Baltimore, Maryland. While working in Camden and Baltimore, the pair kept an office in the Drexel Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On his own, he designed a laboratory building at Yale University, and Tudor-style houses in New Rochelle, New York for mural artist Frederick Dana Marsh and cartoonist Clare Briggs.

He worked as a partner in the firm of Hawes & Morse for a number of years. He designed a Y.M.C.A. in Camden, New Jersey.