Montrose W. Morris, the architect
of the Renaissance, was active in Brooklyn's late 1800's real estate
boom. When Morris opened his office in 1883, his advertising technique
was to design and build his own residence in Brooklyn and open it to the
public. One of the visitors was developer Louis F. Seitz who
commissioned an apartment house on property Seitz owned on Nostrand
Avenue. Known as the Alhambra, the new building so pleased Seitz that he
commissioned Morris to design two additional apartment houses, the
Renaissance and the Imperial. These three apartment buildings were among
the most prestigious and impressive multiple-family residences in
Brooklyn.
An architect, died April 14, 1916, at his
home in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, aged fifty-five. He was born
at Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He designed the Brevoort Savings
Bank in Brooklyn and many large apartment houses and residences in that
borough.
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