John H. Nichols House

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John H. Nichols House

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Location 103 S. Blackhoof St., Wapakoneta, Ohio
Coordinates 40°34′10″N84°11′47″W / 40.56944°N 84.19639°W / 40.56944; -84.19639 Coordinates: 40°34′10″N84°11′47″W / 40.56944°N 84.19639°W / 40.56944; -84.19639
Area less than one acre
Built 1865
Architect Thomas and William Nichols
Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 88001064 [1]
Added to NRHP July 14, 1988

The John H. Nichols House is a historic house in downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States. Built in 1865, [1] it is Wapakoneta's oldest example of the Greek Revival style of architecture. Among its leading features are a three-bay facade with a prominent gable, large entablature, and cornices under the roof, several large windows on the front and sides, and a trabeated entryway framed by several sidelights and a transom supported by two brackets. [2]

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History

One of Wapakoneta's earliest physicians, John H. Nichols designed his two-story, seventeen-room house in the plan of a cross, patterning it after a house in Virginia with which he was familiar. [3] The house's brick walls rest on a foundation of limestone and are covered with a tin roof, and elements of wood and limestone are prominent on the exterior. [4] Inside, walnut wood is dominant, including on the house's massive central fireplace. Among the original windowpanes is one on which several of Nichols' children incised their names. [3]

Physician professional who practices medicine

A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, underlying diseases and their treatment—the science of medicine—and also a decent competence in its applied practice—the art or craft of medicine.

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Floor plan drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure

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Built by Thomas and William Nichols, the owner's brothers, the Nichols House soon became the core of Wapakoneta's oldest major residential section. Six other large brick houses were built immediately west of the city center between 1865 and 1875. Like the Nichols House, these structures were erected for prominent members of Wapakoneta society, including its social and political leaders. [2] Since the Nichols family, the house has changed hands very rarely; it had only four owners in its first century. By the late 1970s, it had been purchased by a photographer, who used it for both home and studio. To expand its uses for photography purposes, the house has been slightly modified by the addition of a brick patio and a white picket fence. [3]

Photographic studio place or organisation that undertakes professional-quality photography

A photographic studio is a workspace to take, develop, print and duplicate photographs. Photographic training and the display of finished photographs may also be accommodated in a photographic studio. The studio may have a darkroom, storage space, a studio proper where photographs are taken, a display room and space for other related work.

Picket fence domestic boundary of evenly spaced vertical boards attached to a horizontal rail

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In recognition of its high quality of preservation, the Nichols House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, because of the significance of its architecture in local history. [4] Today, the house is home to the law office of Jauert & Burton, [5] before which it had been office space for the Ron Spencer Real Estate Agency. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 54-55.
  3. 1 2 3 Auglaize County Historical Society. A History of Auglaize County Ohio. Defiance: Hubbard, 1979, 117.
  4. 1 2 Nicholas, John H., House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-08-06.
  5. ↑ CONTACT US, Jauert & Burton, 2014. Accessed 2014-12-12.
  6. ↑ Contact Ron Spencer Real Estate Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine ., Ron Spencer Real Estate, 2010. Accessed 2010-08-06.

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