Career
As an architect with the George A. Fuller Company Morgan is known for his work on the Hippodrome in New York and his design of buildings in Japan both immediately prior to and in the wake of the Great Kantō earthquake. Morgan first arrived in Japan in 1920 as chief architect for the George A. Fuller Company of the Orient Limited. In addition to advising on the use of new steel-framed building techniques in the design of new seven and eight story office structures in Marunouchi, Morgan was solely responsible for the design of Brunner, Mond & Company"s landmark Crescent Building in the port of Kobe.
Opening an independent architectural practice in 1922, Morgan contributed to the rebuilding of a number of buildings in the aftermath of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923.
Morgan constructed his own private residence at Fujisawa, Kanagawa in 1931. A community group has been formed to preserve this property but the historic structure suffered arson attacks by an unknown assailant in 2007 and 2008.
Morgan died in the summer of 1937. His grave is located in the Foreigners General Cemetery in Yamate, Yokohama.