About

The Nichols House is a symmetrical 1-½ story hip roofed dwelling painted olive green that faces north. It has a brick chimney projecting near its center, the upper story is clad in wood shingles, and the ground floor is stuccoed. A shed dormer covers three square windows above a large picture window with mismatched shingles. An inset porch contains the front door and a square window. Windows on the west elevation appear to be double-hung. There is finished basement space. There is a white picket fence in the front yard.

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Timeline

• 1895

  The El Paso County Assessor shows that the house was built.

• 1904

  First occupied by A.B. Nichols in September 1904.

• 1944

  The dwelling is on a triangular parcel of 6,000 square feet that is Lot D of the Balzer Resubdivision (filed September 18, 1944) of Addition No. 5 to Colorado Springs.

Additional Resources

• 5 W Willamette – a collection of documents compiled during the Historic Uptown Neighborhood’s historic preservation efforts.