Echoes From The Attic and Poems, MORRISON HOME, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Don Johnson, Feb. 2001
Typed by Belford Carver
Written by by Edna F. Campbell
Copyrighted by Edna F. Campbell
With special thanks to her family for permission to use her works.

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"SHADOWCREEK"

Shadowcreek, the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Hobson Morrison,  is situated five 
miles west of Hammond.  The setting is flanked by numerous towering pine trees, 
many of them draped in ivy from the base to the top.  St. Augustine grass carpets 
the 30 acre plot in heavily wooded rolling hills and surrounded by sun-dappled 
creeks, from which the homesite found its name.

The terraces and the ridge behind were the first places to be cultivated in 
camellias, later outlined in azaleas of many varieties.  Myriads of daylilies 
provide summer color to the gardens.  This planning was under the direction of 
Mrs. Morrison.

Tropical and desert type plants have been planted around the ranch type guest 
house and patio poolside.

Scale drawings by Mrs. Morrison began the designing for the six columned Colonial 
house built in 1951.

Each step of the stairs in the entrance hall is a gradually diminishing arc, 
designed by architects, August Perez and Associates of New Orleans, and handmade 
of mahogany by C. Litovsky, a former cabinet maker of Viennese.  The house is 
furnished with many 18th century English antiques which the Morrisons purchased 
during their trips abroad.

In the living room is an original Adam piece handcarved of English pine with black 
gold marble.  The andirons are antique and the breakfront is an early Chippendale 
design.  The two nests of tables are also antiques.  The dining room contains a 
rare Hepplewhite seven part table made of mahogany inlaid with satinwood and yew.  
The study is paneled and floored with Louisiana swamp cypress.

Upstairs the suest room has an American Empire chest and card tables.  One of the 
son's room has a turn-of-the-century brass bed, the other has Early American pine 
pieces.  The master bedroom contains an old English chest-on-chest..

A collection of glassware and china from all parts of the world is noted in the 
house.  In contrast to the main house, the guest house is of modern ranch style of 
brick and glass.  The beautifully landscaped grounds feature camellias and azaleas 
and in summer colorful daylilies from beds and borders.

(From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC, V, 1970, by Edna Campbell)

(Pic of house)

(Mr. Morrison died July 20, 2000 and is buried in Grace Memorial Cemetery, Hammond. 
His wife, Marjorie Abbey Morrison, is active in arts and cultural activities of the 
area.  BEC 1/30/01)