Editing Levi P. Morton (section)

==Legacy==
The Mortons lived at [[William Kelly (New York state senator)#Ellerslie|Ellerslie]], an estate near [[Rhinecliff, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rhs/id/242 |title=Residence of Hon. Levi P. Morton, Rhinebeck, N.Y. |last=Southeastern New York Library Resources Council |date=2011 |website=New York Heritage Digital Collections |publisher=Rhinebeck Historical Society |location=Rhinebeck, N.Y. |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref> The manor home no longer exists, but several outbuildings survive as a local historic site.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Dutchess_County/Rhinebeck_Town/Rhinebeck_Historic_MRA.html |title=Rhinebeck Historic MRA |website=Rhinebeck Town Historic Multiple Resource Area |publisher=Rhinebeck Historical Society |location=Rhinebeck, N.Y. |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref> Anna L. and Levi Morton erected the [[Morton Memorial Library (Rhinecliff, New York)|Morton Memorial Library]] in Rhinecliff in memory of their daughter Lena.<ref name="Lena">{{cite web |url=http://morton.rhinecliff.lib.ny.us/about-us/ |title=Morton Memorial Library and Community House: About Us |website=Morton Memorial Library and Community House |publisher=Morton Memorial Library |location=Rhinecliff, N.Y. |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>  It was dedicated in 1908 and is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places.<ref name="Lena"/>

The Village of [[Morton Grove, Illinois]], a [[Chicago]] suburb founded along the path of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]], was named for Morton.<ref name="CommunityGuide">{{cite web |url=https://cdn.tollbrothers.com/communities/6186/area_guide/area_guide.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://cdn.tollbrothers.com/communities/6186/area_guide/area_guide.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Community Guide: The Crossings at Morton Grove |date=2006 |website=Toll Brothers.com |publisher=Toll Brothers, Inc. |location=Chicago|access-date=May 14, 2020 |page=1}}</ref> He received the honor after he provided the financing necessary for the railway to expand its operations into Michigan and Wisconsin beginning in the 1870s.<ref name="CommunityGuide"/>

Morton spent summers in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], at a Bellevue Avenue mansion called "Fairlawn".<ref name="Fairlawn">{{cite web |url=https://newporthistory.org/history-bytes-vice-president-morton/ |title=History Bytes: Vice President Morton |website=Newport History.org |date=August 9, 2016 |publisher=Newport Historical Society |location=Newport, R.I. |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref> The home is now owned by [[Salve Regina University]] and houses the Pell Center of International Relations and Public Policy.<ref name="Fairlawn"/> Morton also left another Newport property to the city for use as a park.<ref name="Fairlawn"/> Located at the corner of Coggeshall and Morton avenues (the latter formerly Brenton Road), the site was named Morton Park in Morton's honor.<ref name="Fairlawn"/>

In 1885, Morton purchased a home and land in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], which he donated  to [[Dartmouth College]].<ref name="Chase">{{cite book |last1=Chase |first1=Frederick |last2=Lord |first2=John King |date=1913 |title=A History of Dartmouth College, 1815-1909 |volume=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F8KEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA450 |location=Concord, N.H. |publisher=Rumford Press |page=450 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The college used the home until 1900, when it was torn down to make way for the school's [[Campus of Dartmouth College#Academic and administrative buildings|Webster Hall]].<ref name="Chase"/> Morton also endowed the [[Daniel O. Morton]] Scholarship at Dartmouth.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dartmouth College |date=1907 |title=Catalogue of Dartmouth College |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3Y4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA189 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=University Press |page=189 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> In addition, he endowed scholarships at [[Middlebury College]], one in honor of Daniel Morton and another in honor of Levi Parsons.<ref>{{cite book |date=August 1947 |title=Midlebury College Bulletin |url=https://www.universallibrary.org/details/middleburyCourseCatalogs_a10-3_1947/page/n95/ |location=Middlebury, Vt. |publisher=Middlebury College |page=93 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

Morton also owned a summer retreat on [[Camp Eagle Island|Eagle Island]] on [[Upper Saranac Lake]] in the [[Adirondack Park]].<ref name="NPS">{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=3e16a356-82fe-4861-a46f-38ad3ba00a09 |title=National Historic Landmark Nomination, Eagle Island Camp |last=National Park Service |date=August 18, 2004 |website=NPS.gov |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=May 14, 2020 |pages=4–5}}</ref> The home's design, created by architect [[William L. Coulter]], was done in the [[Great Camps]] style.<ref name="NPS"/> The Morton family later sold the property to banker [[Henry Graves (banker)|Henry Graves]].<ref name="NPS"/> In 1938, Graves donated the site to the [[Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scouts]], who operated a summer camp there for seventy years.<ref name="NPS"/>

A likeness of Morton is included in the [[United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection]] at the U.S. Capitol.<ref name="AOC">{{cite web |url=https://www.aoc.gov/art/busts/busts-vice-presidents-united-states |title=Busts of Vice Presidents of the United States |last=Architect of the Capitol |publisher=AOC.gov |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref> The Morton bust was sculpted by [[Francis Edwin Elwell]] and was placed on display in 1891.<ref name="AOC"/>

A portrait of Morton is included in the New York State Hall of Governors.<ref name="EmpireStatePlaza">{{cite web |url=https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/levi-p-morton |title=Levi P. Morgan: 31st Governor, 1895–1896 |website=Visit the Empire State Plaza & New York State Capitol |publisher=New York State Office of General Services |location=Albany, N.Y. |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref> The painting was created by [[Albany, New York]], artist George Hughes (1863–1932) in 1896 and was presented to the state in 1900.<ref name="EmpireStatePlaza"/>