Historical Marker

Rob Morris, 1818-1888


A Mason and Poet Laureate of Freemasonry, Rob Morris lived here in 1854 when he wrote "The Level and the Square," the best-loved of over 400 poems which earned him the laureateship. He was also the Master Builder of the Order of the Eastern Star, an international fraternal order.

Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and began his boxing career there.