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Nichols House
Nichols House Review
The only Mt. Vernon Street home open to the public, the Nichols House was built in 1804 and is attributed to Charles Bulfinch. It became the lifelong home of Rose Standish Nichols (1872-1960), Beacon Hill eccentric, philanthropist, peace advocate, and one of the first female landscape designers. Although Miss Nichols inherited the Victorian furnishings, she added a number of colonial-style pieces to the mix, such as an American Empire rosewood sideboard and a bonnet-top Chippendale highboy. The result is a delightful mélange of styles. Nichols made arrangements in her will for the house to become a museum, and knowledgeable volunteers from the neighborhood have been playing host since then. To see the house, you must take a tour (included in the price of admission).
- Address: 55 Mt. Vernon St., Beacon Hill, Boston, MA, 02108 | Map It
- Phone: 617/227-6993
- Cost: $7
- Hours: Apr.--Oct., Tues.--Sat. 11--4; Nov.--Mar., Thurs.--Sat. 11--4. First tour at 11, tours on ½ hr thereafter; last tour starts at 4
- Website: www.nicholshousemuseum.org
- Metro Park St.
- Location: Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End
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