Nichols House
- Year
- 1879
- Style
- Stick Style
- City
- Boston, MA
The Nichols House in Newton is a wood-frame Stick style house built in 1897 for J. Howard Nichols, a wealthy merchant in the China trade. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
the building
Gables and trim. The 2½-story house carries numerous steeply pitched gables, several decorated with applied wood trim characteristic of the Stick style, and its main entry is sheltered by a decorated porte cochere.
the style
One of Newton's finest examples of Stick style architecture, distinguished by its exposed, applied wood trim mimicking structural framing beneath the gables.
More on Stick Stylesignificance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.