140 Sargent St., Newton, Massachusetts. County/parish: Middlesex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 04, 1986. NRIS 86001857.
Part of Newton MRA (NRIS 64000285).
1 contributing building.
The Nichols House is a historic house in Newton, Massachusetts. 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. The main entry is sheltered within a decorated porte cochere. J. Howard Nichols, the owner, was a wealthy merchant in the China trade.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791284