The Charles Foster Residence is a beautiful two-story Italianate mansion located at the crest of a hill along the Lincoln Highway in Morrison. The original owner of the building was Charles Foster, who was born in Ithaca, New York, to English immigrant parents. He was raised on his family farm and, in young adulthood, chose to start his own "out west" in 1854. By 1855, he was employed at a dry goods store and meat market in Sterling, Illinois. He was sent to live in Morrison to purchase goods that would be sent to the Sterling store. The next year, the ambitious young man started his own successful grocery business. Foster constructed this residence in 1878, but by 1938, it was converted into a restaurant known as The Brick House. The restaurant was operated by Wilma G. Trundy and Wilma E. Lucas and was best known for its high-end hospitality and fried chicken dinners.