Moran Place

Moran Place is located in Dresden,TN. Built by John Williamson Moran for his wife Sophia Riley Gunn. The house used a modified design of George Barber's Cottage no. 36 from his Cottage Souvenir Book No. 2. Construction began in 1895 but was put on hold when Sophia Moran became ill. She died Oct. 7 1895. A few months after her death construction resumed. This blog is about the history of the Moran family & their life at Moran Place. Money is fleeting, History is forever.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

At the Naval Academy, ca 1930's

This dashing young man is James Henderson Moran IV. He was attending the Naval Academy in Annapolis during the 1930's. He did well except he just couldn't catch on to the French language and in the end he had to resign from the Academy. Merde. However, this did not stop him from becoming a successful Engineer at the Eastman Kodak Company in East Tennessee.