Jacob K. Lull Timeline, now used as the Village Library

The building currently used as the Village Library of Morris was built in 1845 by Jacob K. Lull as a store and factory for making shoes.

The attached files list events in the life of Jacob K. Lull and the building.

The library building was used as a residence around 1900.

The building was given to the Village of Morris library in 1969 by Mrs. Howard Naylor. Books were moved from the current Butternut Valley Arts & Crafts Center to the library in July 1970 when it was opened to the public. See the clipping from the Oneonta Daily Star attached below.

Pen and ink by Frank C. Eckmair

The following quote is from

by A. S. Avery

From The Morris Chronicle, 1898

Part Three*

Excerpt from Morris, New York 1773-1923 by Joyce Foote, 1970

"The stone house was built by Jacob K. Lull (Naylor) in 1845 for a shoe shop. Later it was the home of the OTSEGO CHRONICLE, published by William A. Smith. In 1869 Lyman Bugby had a grocery there. It afterward became a tenant house. A few years ago it was bought and repaired by P.D. Foote, who occupied it as a residence. The building was for a number of years a center of great activity in the shoe-making business. Out from the back side was wooden addition and on both floors were workmen while in front was the leather room and a stack of boots and shoes for sale. The shop was run in connection with Mr. Lull’s tannery which was located two miles up the valley on the farm now owned by Mrs. A.O. Corrick. As many as ten journeymen shoemakers worked in this shop at one time. This continued for 18 years during all of which time Harvey Cook, now of this village, worked there. Among others who were employed there, we recall David Bunnell, Delos Payne, Cyrus Lull, William Nash, George Coon, Peter Edgett, Stephen Olds, Ira Quinby Sr., and his son (Capt.) Ira Quinby, John Scudder, John Hollenbeck, Elijah P. Sweet, Creal Shaw, and William Turner."

Description of the library building from Historic Register Application:
The full application can be viewed at the link below:
http://www.ourtownnews.info/morris-ny/sites/default/files/Morris-Village...

152 Main St (Kenyon Library): Two-story, frontal-gable building composed of a one-and-a-half-story stone building raised with a frame half-story; a frame, two-story shed-roofed ell projects from back wall on a banked foundation nearly a story below grade in back. Stone portion of building retains heavy stone block lintels and narrow stone sills on windows and
symmetrically placed main entrance at east end of front facade; all sash are wood one-over-ones. Upper half-story of main block and upperstory of ell clad in wood shingles; partial returns and narrow frieze on front façade.

Built 1845
Historic map references; 1856: J.K. Lull store; 1868: L.T. Bugbee store; 1903: P.D' Foote

Historic notes: From 1984 inventory form: Built by Jacob K. Lull to house a shoe shop associated with his tannery located two miles upstream. A two-story frame ell at the rear, now gone, housed the workshop for the shoe makers. The leather room and a sale room for boots and shoes were located in the front. lt became the office of Otsego Chronicle, precursor of
the Morris Chronicle. In 1869, Lyman Bugbee kept a store there. After it closed, it was a tenant house. It was bought by P.D. Foote ca.1890, and he repaired it and made it his home.