Morris Inn with and without third floor

Consider the building we now call the Morris Inn, as it appeared about 1865, when the village of Morris had not yet been incorporated and was referred to as Louisville. It had only two floors. All the buildings to the west of it were made of wood. On Sept. 8, 1883 one of the buildings caught fire and the whole row was swept away.

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Scroll down to see another view of the Morris Inn from the west end of Main St.

Ken Cooke thought this may have been taken about 1861.

You can read about the fire in the attached scan of The Morris Chronicle.

This postcard was mailed from New Lisbon in 1949.

Postcard 16 Main St, Morris, N. Y.

Morris had dirt roads into the 1930s.