Built in 1897, this 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is one of the city's finest examples of Stick style architecture.

It features numerous steeply-pitched gables typical of the style, some of which are elaborately decorated with applied wood trim.

J. Howard Nichols, the owner, was a wealthy merchant in the China trade.

[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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