It was built by Thomas R. Wetmore in 1859 and sold to John Tyler Morgan in 1865.

Beginning in 1876, he was elected as a Democratic U.S. senator from Alabama for six terms.

[2] The building housed John T. Morgan Academy from its incorporation in June 1965 until a new campus was completed in 1967.

[1] It currently houses the Alabama Historical Commission's Old Cahawba Administrative Offices.

This article about a property in Alabama on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.