Villa Fontana on MacCulloch Avenue was the home of Thomas Nast, the 19th-century cartoonist who shaped American political imagery for generations. Nast lived here from 1872 until he left for Ecuador (where he died of yellow fever in 1902), and produced some of his most famous work in Morristown. The house is a private residence and not open for interior tours, but the exterior and its history make it worth the short detour from the Green.
Nast's legacy is considerable beyond his art: his attacks on the Tammany Hall corruption machine, conducted in cartoon form through the 1870s, were credited by Boss Tweed himself with being the biggest threat to his power. The nearby MacCulloch Hall Historical Museum has Nast materials in its collection, including original cartoons.