Henry Grant Morse
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Henry Grant Morse was an American
architect
. Based in New York City
, he worked in a partnership for the Hawes & Morse firm for many years. He was noted in particular for his work on Virginia House
in Richmond, Virginia
which is partly a reconstruction of a Tudor manor shipped over from Warwickshire
, England
. Morse was hired in 1925 to visit England and study other manors travelling around the English countryside and surveying other properties such as Wormleighton Manor
, fusing together different ideas into the final reconstruction in Virginia.
He died in 1934.
United States
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architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. Based in New York City
New York City
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, he worked in a partnership for the Hawes & Morse firm for many years. He was noted in particular for his work on Virginia House
Virginia House
Virginia House is a country house on a hillside overlooking the James River in Richmond, Virginia, United States.The house was constructed from the materials of the 16th Century Warwick Priory and shipped over and reassembled, completed several months before the stock market crash of 1929...
in Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
which is partly a reconstruction of a Tudor manor shipped over from Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Morse was hired in 1925 to visit England and study other manors travelling around the English countryside and surveying other properties such as Wormleighton Manor
Wormleighton Manor
Wormleighton Manor is a manor house in the civil parish of Wormleighton in the historic county of Warwickshire, England. It belonged to the wealthy Spencer family during the sixteenth and seventeenth century...
, fusing together different ideas into the final reconstruction in Virginia.
He died in 1934.