It was built in the 1920s for the African-American National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and was named for longtime president Elias Camp Morris.

The building is located at 330 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.

[3] It was built for the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., an African-American Christian denomination, to house the Nashville offices of the denomination's Sunday School Publishing Board.

[3] By 2016, it was "the only building still standing that is originally associated with African-American businesses in the downtown core", according to The Tennessean.

[3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 2, 1985.