NICHOLS HOUSE MUSEUM
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Nichols House is one of four adjoined Federal Style row houses built by Jonathan Mason, one of the Mount Vernon Proprietors, in 1804-05. Its design is attributed to Charles Bulfinch, architect of numerous Beacon Hill homes and the nearby Massachusetts State House. Around 1830, a portico was built at the west-facing entry, and after a century and a half, preservation and restoration of the portico was needed. The Nichols House Museum engaged Patrick Guthrie, AIA, to design repairs to framing, woodwork, and window restoration and replace many layers of old built-up and tin roofing with a new flat seam copper roof. At the original 1804 fanlight, a new protective storm window was built. All work was approved by the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission and followed the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Design Associates helped secure a grant from the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund to partly fund the project.
PROJECT INFORMATION
Location: Beacon Hill, Boston, MA
Preservation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Builder: Westmill Preservation Inc
