# Frederic L. Morgan
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{{Short description|American architect (1889–1970)}}
{{Infobox architect
|name = Frederic L. Morgan
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1889|1|6}}
|birth_place = [Loda, Illinois](/source/Loda%2C_Illinois)
|death_date = {{death date and age|1970|5|29|1889|1|6}}
|death_place = [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)
|practice = Nevin, Wischmeyer & Morgan;
Nevin & Morgan
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|awards = [Fellow](/source/FAIA), American Institute of Architects (1949)
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[[File:Jefferson KY (8) (101330407).jpg|thumb|[Grawemeyer Hall](/source/Grawemeyer_Hall) of the [University of Louisville](/source/University_of_Louisville), designed by Morgan and Arthur G. Tafel Jr. and completed in 1927.]]
[[File:Pendennis Club.jpg|thumb|The [Pendennis Club](/source/Pendennis_Club) in Louisville, designed by Nevin, Wischmeyer & Morgan and completed in 1928.]]
[[File:AncientandAcceptedScottishRiteTempleLouisville.jpg|thumb|The [Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Temple](/source/Ancient_and_Accepted_Scottish_Rite_Temple) in Louisville, designed by Nevin, Wischmeyer & Morgan and completed in 1931.]]
thumb|The former Methodist Evangelical Hospital in Louisville, designed by Nevin & Morgan and completed in 1960.
'''Frederic L. Morgan''' {{post-nominals|list=[FAIA](/source/FAIA)}} (January 6, 1889 – May 29, 1970) was an American [architect](/source/architect) in practice in [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky) from 1921 until his death in 1970. Morgan spent nearly all of his career as partner responsible for design for Nevin & Morgan, the most successful architectural firm in Louisville during its existence.
==Life and career==
Frederic Lindley Morgan was born January 6, 1889, in [Loda, Illinois](/source/Loda%2C_Illinois) to Joseph Sidney Morgan and Maud Morgan, née Lindley.["Morgan, Frederic Lindley" in ''Who's Who in America'' (Marquis Who's Who): 1967.] He was educated at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1912 with a BSArch. This was followed by travel in Europe.
In 1913 he joined the office of J. Earl Henry, architect to [Louisville Public School District](/source/Louisville_Public_School_District). In 1915 he moved to [Detroit](/source/Detroit), where he worked for architects [Malcomson & Higginbotham](/source/Malcomson_%26_Higginbotham) and [Smith, Hinchman & Grylls](/source/Smith%2C_Hinchman_%26_Grylls).
In 1919 he returned to Louisville, where he joined Henry's new private sector firm, Nevin & Henry, as chief designer.[[William Morgan](/source/William_Morgan_(architect)), "Morgan, Frederic Lindley" in ''The Encyclopedia of Louisville'', ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001): 626.] Senior partner Hugh L. Nevin had been in practice in Louisville for about a decade. Henry died in 1920, and in 1921 Nevin formed a new partnership, Nevin, Wischmeyer & Morgan, with Morgan and Herman Wischmeyer. In 1929 the partnership was reorganized as Nevin, Morgan & Kolbrook with the withdrawal of Wischmeyer and the admission of Joseph H. Kolbrook. In 1942 Kolbrook also withdrew and the firm became Nevin & Morgan. The partnership was changed for the last time in 1967 to Nevin, Morgan & Weber, reflecting the addition of Herbert A. Weber. The firm was dissolved after the deaths of Nevin in 1969 and Morgan in 1970.["[https://filsonhistorical.org/research-doc/nevin-morgan-architects-collection-1921-1970-2003/ Nevin & Morgan Architects Collection, 1921-1970, 2003]," Filson Historical Society, no dale. Accessed June 30, 2024.]
Nearly all of Morgan's career was spent as partner responsible for design for Nevin & Morgan and its associated firms. He was best known for the design of buildings in traditional revival styles, especially residences in the Georgian Revival style.[AIA records for Frederic L. Morgan]
==Personal life==
Morgan never married. He was a member of the [Filson Club](/source/Filson_Club) and the Arts Club of Louisville.["Building and Finance" in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zKNJAQAAMAAJ American School Board Journal]'' 60, no. 2 (February, 1920): 92.][Lincoln School NRHP Registration Form (1988)]
* 1921 – [Augusta Tilghman High School](/source/Augusta_Tilghman_High_School),{{efn|name=NRHP}} 2400 Washington St, [Paducah, Kentucky](/source/Paducah%2C_Kentucky)[Augusta Tilghman High School NRHP Registration Form (1995)]
===Nevin, Wischmeyer & Morgan, 1921–1929===
* 1923 – [Tway House](/source/Tway_House),{{efn|name=NRHP}} 10235 Timberwood Cir, [Jeffersontown, Kentucky](/source/Jeffersontown%2C_Kentucky)[Tway House NRHP Registration Form (1980)]
* 1924 – First Presbyterian Church, 185 N Maple Ave, [Covington, Virginia](/source/Covington%2C_Virginia)["Nevin, Wischmeyer & Morgan" in ''The Virginia Architects, 1835–1955: A Biographical Dictionary'', ed. John E. Wells and Robert E. Dalton (Richmond: New South Architectural Press, 1997): 324.]
* 1924 – Harrodsburg High School (former), 441 E Lexington St, [Harrodsburg, Kentucky](/source/Harrodsburg%2C_Kentucky)["Harrodsburg High School" in ''American School Board Journal'' 70, no. 3 (March, 1925): 61.]
* 1926 – [Shady Brook Farm](/source/Shady_Brook_Farm_(Harrods_Creek%2C_Kentucky)),{{efn|name=NRHP}}{{efn|name=HarrodsCreek|A contributing resource to the [Harrods Creek Historic District](/source/Harrods_Creek_Historic_District), NRHP-listed in 1991.}} the Theodore Mueller estate, 5802 River Rd, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[Harrods Creek Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1991)]
* 1927 – [Bingham-Hilliard Doll House](/source/Bingham-Hilliard_Doll_House),{{efn|name=NRHP}}{{efn|name=HarrodsCreek}} 5001 Avish Ln, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[Haldeman House NRHP Registration Form (1983)]
* 1928 – [Pendennis Club](/source/Pendennis_Club),{{efn|name=NRHP}} 218 W Muhammad Ali Blvd, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[Bayless House NRHP Registration Form (1980)]
* 1929 – [Drumanard](/source/Drumanard),{{efn|name=NRHP}} 6401 Wolf Pen Branch Rd, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[Fitzhugh House NRHP Registration Form (1983)]
* 1931 – [Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Temple](/source/Ancient_and_Accepted_Scottish_Rite_Temple),{{efn|name=NRHP|[NRHP](/source/NRHP)-listed.}} 200 E Gray St, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Temple NRHP Registration Form (1982)]
===Nevin, Morgan & Kolbrook, 1929–1942===
* 1931 – Lincoln Marriage Temple, [Old Fort Harrod State Park](/source/Old_Fort_Harrod_State_Park), [Harrodsburg, Kentucky](/source/Harrodsburg%2C_Kentucky)[James L. Isenberg, "The Lincoln Marriage Temple" in ''Kentucky School Journal'' 9, no. 6 (February, 1931): 24.]
* 1935 – Jones-Dabney Company laboratory, 1495 S 11th St, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[Portland Cement Association advertisement, ''American Architect'' 148, no. 2645 (May, 1936): 99.]
* 1936 – John V. Collis residence, 3750 Upper River Rd, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)["Morgan, Frederic Lindley" in ''American Architects Directory'' (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 390.]
* 1937 – [William C. Dabney](/source/William_C._Dabney) residence, 3760 Upper River Rd, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)["Morgan, Frederic Lindley" in ''American Architects Directory'' (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 495.]
===Nevin & Morgan, 1942–1967===
* 1948 – St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, 6710 Wolf Pen Branch Rd, [Harrods Creek, Kentucky](/source/Harrods_Creek%2C_Kentucky)[''The Speed Art Museum: Highlights From the Collection'' (London and New York: Merrell, 2007): 20.]
* 1957 – [Schneider Hall](/source/Schneider_Hall),{{efn|name=Schneider|Designed by O'Connor & Kilham, architects, with Nevin & Morgan, associate architects.}}{{efn|name=NRHP}} [University of Louisville](/source/University_of_Louisville), [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[University of Louisville Library NRHP Registration Form (2013)]
* 1957 – Second Presbyterian Church, 3701 Old Brownsboro Rd, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[''Engineering News-Record'' 167, no. 10 (September 7, 1961): 61.]
* 1962 – Kentucky State Medical Association offices, 3532 Janet Ave, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)[''Journal of the Kentucky State Medical Association'' 60, no. 3 (April, 1962)]
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