Wright/Morrell Home

In 1911, this home was built for Mr. & Mrs. William Wright. The three homes (the Rowe, Larkin. and Morrell Homes) were originally built for three of the children of David Eccles. In 1918, the house and property was purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Morrell. (It is interesting to note that brother and sister (David and Bertha Eccles) married brother and sister (Julia Wright Eccles and William Wright) Dr. Morrell was a physician and surgeon in Ogden. He was head of the medical dispensary at the Defense Depot Ogden and served as surgeon for both the Union and Pacific Railroads. He was a member of the Utah Board of Health and the Utah Board of Medical Examiners, and was President of the Utah State Medical Society.*

2533 Eccles Avenue in Eccles Avenue Historic District and in the Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah