MORRISTOWN'S ARCHITECTURE is vernacular in character and reflects the appearance of a National Road town in the mid-nineteenth century. Most of the buildings have been altered very little from their original construction. The structures are set very close together with little setback from the tree-lined streets and are of a common scale of either one or two stories. Most properties retain their original lot dimensions of 36 or 72 feet wide and 148 feet deep, giving a spaciousness between the streets and to the rear of the properties. A large number of the buildings are of brick, notably of the Flemish bonding pattern, a rarity in this region. Examples of Greek Revival, Federal, Italianate, and Carpenter Gothic building styles can be found in Morristown. The original pioneer cemetery, containing tombstones from as early as the 1820's, is located on Main Street. These elements give Morristown a definite cohesiveness in continuity and scale.

    PRESENT AND ORIGINAL PHYSICAL APPEARANCE - As Noted in Morristown Historic District Documents, 1980 (Map).

     The village of Morristown is located on a gentle slope. Main Street runs along the base of that hill, and above Main and parallel to it is Church Street, the original main thoroughfare, the Wheeling Road. Four stately brick churches sit at the top of the slope overlooking Morristown. The church sited farthest to the west now serves as the Town Hall.     Most of the village's architecture is of a simple, solid vernacular character. The majority of the pivotal structures were built between 1840 and 1870. There are eighty-six (86) buildings and one (1) cemetery within the Historic District. Of these, sixty-three (63) buildings and and the cemetery are considered pivotal (approximately 74%), seven (7) are background structures (8%), and sixteen (16) are intrusions (18%). A great many of the early structures were built of brick and in the flemish bond pattern, which was unusual for this area.     Morristown reached its peak in the 1850's and 1860's. Little building took place in Morristown until after World War II. The houses built after 1940 were the typical ranch style of that period and comprise most of the intrusions in the district. Condition of the older structures varies from poor to excellent.