Fe at u r e d Hom e Morse
Remodeling
down to dirt Morse family renovates 90 percent of home
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achel and Brian Morse didn’t have to go far to find country living close to town. Brian’s brother had a 20-acre spread on North 40th Street in northwest Muskogee. “My brother-in-law put it up for sale, and we didn’t want him to sell it, so we traded houses,” Rachel
Morse said, adding that the brother-in-law lived there for about seven years. Brian’s mother, Donna Morse, said the house was originally owned by a circuit judge. “It was real small, he built onto it and he lived here,” Donna Morse said. “He raised his two kids here 25 years and sold it to my middle son when he retired.”
By Cathy Spaulding • Photos by Mandy Corbell
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Fall Edition 2021
A stone porch framed by wood beams offers a welcoming entrance to the Brian and Rachel Morse home in northwest Muskogee.