Background
Thomas H. Morgan was born in 1857 near Syracuse, New York, United States.
Thomas H. Morgan was born in 1857 near Syracuse, New York, United States.
In 1876 obtained a position as draftsman with the firm of Parking & Bruce in Atlanta. The office at that time was active in reconstruction work in the city, devastated during the Civil War, and Mr. Morgan remained on the drafting staff for a number of years.
In 1882 Mr. Parking retired from practice, and young Morgan joined Alex¬ander Bruce in a partnership which they maintained over a period of twenty- five years. Between 1904 and 1919 he was associated with John Robert Dillon, subsequently continued active in practice as head of the firm of Morgan, Dillon & Lewis until his retirement.
During his long career Mr. Morgan is said to have designed more of the early commercial buildings in Atlanta than any other architect. Among his most important works was the Fourth National Bank (later the First National); the Altantic National Bank; Forsythe Building; Kiser Lee Office Building; Grant Building, and the J. P. Allen Building. He was also co-architect of the Masonic Temple; Georgia School of Technology; Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church; All Saints Episcopal; the Henrietta Eggleston Hospital for Children; Fulton County Court House (in association with A. Ten Eyck Brown); Confederate Veterans' Home, all in Atlanta. In addition he designed buildings at Oglethorp University, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., Cotton Exchange Building at Mobile, Ala., the County Court House at Covington, Ga., also schools and numerous private buildings in variouus cities.
Elected to the old Western Association of Architects in 1885, and on the merger of the Association with the American Institute of Architects made a rellow of the A. I. A. Mr. Morgan had been a long time member of the Georgia Chapter. He was largely responsible for the enactment in 1919 of the State Registration Law for Architectural Practice, and served as president of the Registration Board for five years.