This central hallway cottage was built by Jackson Morrison circa 1902 as the anchor of his four-acre property in the historically Black Hartwell neighborhood known as Rome. Mr. Morrison, a well-respected community leader, was a skilled carpenter, farmer, and real estate entrepreneur, purchasing at least ten lots in the Rome community between 1920-1928. The land, originally owned by white residents, was subdivided and the transactions handled by Mr. Morrison, allowing many Blacks who otherwise would not have been able to own land to buy parcels. On his own four acres, Morrison raised vegetables, wheat, cotton, and corn, and farmed additional land in Hart County. Morrison and his wife both died in the 1960s but the home remains in the ownership of the family, who no longer live in Georgia.

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