—Opened August 1st, A.D. 1847, James K. Polk, President U.S.A.; Robert J. Walker Sec'y of the Treasury; Marcus Morton, Collector of the Port; Samuel S. Lewis, Robert G. Shaw, Commissioners; Ammi Burnham Young, Architect.
It was originally built in 1888 as the First Presbyterian Church, on land purchased from Marcus Morton.
Marcus Morton (1784-1864), American lawyer, jurist, and Governor of Massachusetts
Neiman Marcus | Marcus Garvey | Marcus Aurelius | Henry Morton Stanley | Morton Feldman | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Greil Marcus | Marcus Brigstocke | Marcus Stephen | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Morton | Marcus Rojas | Samantha Morton | Marcus Ullmann | Morton Smith | Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted | Marcus Roberts | Marcus Liberty | Marcus Hahnemann | Marcus Didius Falco | Thomas Morton | Morton Subotnick | Morton's The Steakhouse | Morton Salt | Marcus Tregoning | Marcus Neff | Marcus J. Ranum | Marcus Daly | Marcus Buckingham | Marcus Borg |