Thomas Nast Home

The Thomas Nast Home, also known as Villa Fontana, is a historic house on MacCulloch Avenue in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Nast is best known for his caricatures, published in Harpers Weekly, in which he created or popularized now-iconic images, including typical American depictions of Santa Claus, the Democratic Donkey, and the Republican Elephant.

[1] The Thomas Nast House stands in a mainly residential area south of downtown Morristown, at the northern corner of MacCulloch Avenue and Miller Street.

It is a fine example of Second Empire architecture, with pilastered corners, bracketed cornice, and curved-roof dormers in the attic level.

It was during his tenure there that he produced many of his most iconic caricatures and depictions, including the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and the many representations of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall, whose downfall his work contributed to.