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Morgan House

ESTABLISHED

c. 1833

ALSO KNOWN AS

Morgan-Power House
Morgan-Nicholls House

ADDRESS

610 East St S

THE HOME

c. 1833-34; 1 story, frame, central pedimented portico, several rear additions, house faces away from street

Now referred to as "Sugar Hill," the front entrance faced an Indian trail on the north side of the house. When East Street was laid out, another porch was added on the west side. Residents have included Judge William P. Chilton, a Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and John Tyler Morgan, U.S. Senator, "Father of the Panama Canal," and instrumental in annexation fo the Hawaiian Islands and construction of Pearl Harbor Naval Base. The house faces away from street.

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