Nicholson, James, House

Description of the property

confirm that the wing is a later addition, ca. 1870.

Behind this wing is In spite of the additions and alterations, the original house, externally design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and conveys CONDITION DETERIORATED UNALTERED RUINS FAIR EXCELLENT XALTERED _UNEXPOSED are modern porches on the east and west sides of these wings.These center entrance which has pilasters, side lights and Doric columns framing Detroit Avenue.There is a gable roof and a classical cornice with eaves panes over two, and have louvered shutters.The interior plan is of as apartments, and some modern windows have been added.Finally, Two rear wings are later than the original front wing.A two-story wing rear portions of the house have been extensively remodeled for adaptation a six-paneled door.There is a porch over the front stoop with a concave CHECK ONE This is a two-story wood frame house, with the long facade axis facing there is a garage shed attached to the rearmost wing.

a one-and-a-half story wing perpendicular to the rest of the house.There has a gable roof parallel to the front.The shapes of the eaves moldings returns and a narrow frieze board.The facade has five bays, with a the central hall type with a single room on each floor flanking the hallway. intact as drawn by the HABS in 1935,retains its integrity of location, The interior has been remodeled for apartment use. home of one of the area's most important early settlers. the fact that it is the oldest surviving structure in the city and the The hall stairway is the chief remaining interior architectural feature. roof supported by ornamental trellises. The windows have sash with two DATE. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

James Nicholson (1783-1859) was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts. His he emigrated to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he was married. In 1818 Nicholson participated in the first election, and was appointed overseer of the poor. In 1826 he built a frame house in another location on Detroit erected at Nicholson Avenue in 1835. Nicholson studied the work of Emmanuel Swedenborg, the 18th century Swedish philosopher and religious writer. The First Society of Rockport, based on church until his death in 1859. Some ten years later, his widow made important early settlers, but also a remarkable survival of the early 19th century in its original location, which is now a commercial intersection and four photos of the house.

Only the original front wing was drawn, and 1600-1699 INVENTION ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE LAW PERIOD PHILOSOPHY COMMUNICATIONS AGRICULTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT SCULPTURE THEATER SCIENCE _PREHISTORIC 1900- INDUSTRY LITERATURE MILITARY Lakewood.It was the home of James Nicholson, the first permanent _1500-1599 _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT porch and trellises. _1700-1799 Nicholson and his young wife moved to Rockport, settling in a log cabin on _COMMERCE Nicholson family lived in the house before it became an apartment residence. several sheets were devoted to the ornamental detail, especially the front extensive additions and renovations in the house.Four generations of the the Swedenborgian teachings,was organized in 184lat Nicholson's home. Road, which was also used for a time as a tavern.

The present house was settler on the Detroit Road in Rockport (now Lakewood).Nicholson organized -CONSERVATION The church erected its own building in1848.Nicholson was active in the in modern Lakewood.In 1935-1936, the HABS made six sheets of drawings the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1935. The Nicholson house is not only the home of one of Lakewood's most a142-acre tract.

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