[1] Designed in the Federal style and built between 1825 and 1835, this historic structure is a brick, "four over four" building that sits on a stone foundation.

It measures fifty-two feet wide and has a gable roof.

[2] Following the death of her husband, John, Isobella Nicholson designed this twelve-room house herself, and financed its construction with her own savings.

It served as a stagecoach stop, an inn near the Erie Extension Canal, a post office from 1842 to 1857, a farm supply and general store, and a stop on the Buffalo and Conneaut trolley line.

[2] The Nicholson House has undergone recent remodeling and is currently the home of Escape Game Erie.