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'''Jacob Haight Morrison, IV''' (March 12, 1905 – December 4, 1974), was an [[attorney]],[[ journalist]], [[author]], and historical preservationist from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He helped preserve the Vieux Carré or French Quarter, which has been designated as a National Historic District, and published a pioneer textbook on historic preservation law.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=
'''Jacob Haight Morrison, IV''' (March 12, 1905 – December 4, 1974), was an [[attorney]],[[ journalist]], [[author]], and historical preservationist from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He helped preserve the Vieux Carré or French Quarter, which has been designated as a National Historic District, and published a pioneer textbook on historic preservation law.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=
https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-m/|title=Morrison, Jacob Haight, IV|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its article on Morrison on: Judy Riffel, ed., ''A History of Pointe Coupée Parish and Its Families'' (1983); ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' obituary, December 5, 1974.</ref>
https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-m/|title=Morrison, Jacob Haight, IV|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its article on Morrison on: Judy Riffel, ed., ''A History of Pointe Coupée Parish and Its Families'' (1983) and ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' obituary, December 5, 1974.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Morrison was born in New Roads in Pointe Coupée Parish (pronounced COO PEA), to the former Eloise Yancy (1876–1905) of Jonesville in Catahoula Parish, who died the same year that Jacob was forn. Jacob's father, Jacob Haight Morrison, III (1875–1929), was the district attorney of Pointe Coupee Parish. After Eloise's death, he married Anita Olivier, a New Orleans socialite; they had a son, [[Chep Morrison]]. Anita became a stepmother to Chep's older half-brother, Jacob.<ref name=lahist/> "Chep" became an attorney and politician and was elected as the [[mayor]] of New Orleans,, a post which he filled from 1946 to 1961. He ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in 1956, 1960, and 1963, having lost to [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], and [[John J. McKeithen]], respectively.
Morrison was born in New Roads in Pointe Coupée Parish (pronounced COO PEA), to the former Eloise Yancy (1876–1905) of Jonesville in Catahoula Parish, who died the same year that Jacob was forn. Jacob's father, Jacob Haight Morrison, III (1875–1929), was the district attorney of Pointe Coupee Parish. After Eloise's death, he married Anita Olivier, a New Orleans socialite; they had a son, [[Chep Morrison]]. Anita became a stepmother to Chep's older half-brother, Jacob.<ref name=lahist/> "Chep" became an attorney and politician and was elected as the [[mayor]] of New Orleans,, a post which he filled from 1946 to 1961. He ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in 1956, 1960, and 1963, having lost to [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], and [[John J. McKeithen]], respectively.
Jacob and Mary Morrison are interred at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans.<ref name=lahist/>
Jacob and Mary Morrison are interred at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans.<ref name=lahist/>
==Legacy and honors==
==Legacy and honors==
*The French Quarter has received protection as a National Historic Landmark District, as have other significant areas of New Orleans.
*The French Quarter has received protection as a National Historic Landmark District, as have other significant areas of New Orleans.
*In 1974, two months before his death, Jacob and Mary Morrison received the Louise DuPont Crownshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, for outstanding work.
*In 1974, two months before his death, Jacob and Mary Morrison received the Louise DuPont Crownshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, for outstanding work.