The Doc Nichols House is an early 20th-century

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mansion in eastern

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off of

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History

The Doc Nichols House was built in eastern

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at the turn of the century for Dr. Nichols, a local physician. The house, built in the

Colonial Revival style The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exposition, Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened A ...

, was completed in 1900. The original construction of the house consisted of a massive main block with a rectangular plan and an adjacent rear ell with a small doctor's office. The house has two corbelled brick chimneys on either side. The Nichols family sold the house to the Glover family in the 1940s, after which decorative features including the front porch and roof

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were added. Anne Eakes purchased the house in 1985 and opened the Sandpiper Antique Store inside the home.

References

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