J. Stering Morton's Home: Arbor Lodge

Morton Manor
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This is the Arbor Lodge in Nebraska City, which was the first framed building between Nebraska City and the Rocky Mountains.

This was the home was built as a simple four-room structure on 160 acres, as a home for J. Sterling Morton, who was the Agricultural Secretary under Grover Cleveland, and also the founder of Arbor day.

The house was expanded several times, the latest expansion having taken place in 1903, and for several years served as the summer home of J. Morton's son Joy Morton, who founded Morton Salt.

The home now serves as a museum, and is open daily from April-December.