Chain of Title Block C, Lot 8-9 NLP 5175:842 October 18, 1979 NLP 4979:58 October 5, 1977 NLP 4763:448 May 11, 1977 Adrian I. Velthuis and Floyd T. Grant to Lottie Thompson Gentlemens II Properties, Inc., (Alan C. Heinz, President) to Adrian I. Velthuis and Floyd T. Grant Samuel Scrivener, Jr. and Junior F. Crowell, Trustees for Perpetual Federal Savings and Loan Association (successor to Perpetual Building Association) to Gentlemans II Properties, Inc. (Chauncey A. Rice and Mildred E. Rice defaulted on loan and house was sold at auction) 2724:456 Barney O. Weitz and Henrietta W. Weitz to Chauncey A. August 21, 1962 Rice and Mildred E. Rice 2742:452 John W. Truver to Barney O. Weitz and Henrietta W. August 21, 1962 Weitz 2712:636 Robert S. Nichols, Jr. and Doris N. Patterson, sole heirs of June 5, 1962 Robert S. Nichols, Sr., and Bessie W. Nichols, wife of Robert S. Nichols, Jr., to John W. Truvers 52:343 John F. Collins and Alice E. Collins to Robert S. Nichols August 5, 1909 and Laura F. Nichols 42:509 Clarence W. Tignor and Ida P. Tignor to John F. Collins April 20, 1908 and Alice E. Collins
40:112 Robinson White and Minnie L. White to Clarence W. April 4, 1907 Tignor and Ida P. Tignor
Section 7. DESCRIPTION SUMMARY The is located in the Town of Fairmount Heights on the west side of 58 th Avenue facing east. The house is a large 3 x 1 bay, two-and-one-half-story dwelling with a hip-roof, complex plan, and Queen Anne style detailing. The house has a modern vinyl cladding but retains its original wood windows. It has two large additions off the west elevation. A central concrete walkway leads up to a central door on the main façade. A high curb and concrete walkway bound the east edge of the lot. The lot slopes to the west. There is a moderate twenty-foot setback that is similar to the neighbors. There is one tall shrub foundation planting in the northeast corner. There is a chain link fence on the north and northeast boundary of the lot. DESCRIPTION The is a large 3 x 1 bay, two-and-one-half-story dwelling of complex plan with Queen Anne detailing. The dwelling is wood-frame in construction with a raised brick foundation, an English basement, and is clad in modern vinyl siding. The steeply pitched, asphalt shingle hip-roof is detailed with a full cornice return and overhanging eaves. An asphalt shingle, hip-roof dormer, located to the east slope, has modern vinyl cladding and a six light casement window. The windows on all elevations are single, wood, two-over-two double-hung sash with vinyl sills and casing. The main east façade windows have wood, louvered shutters. The main door is paneled but not glazed. The surround consists of plain pilasters and a one-pane transom light. The entrance to the main block is in the third bay of the east façade. This entrance is sheltered by a full length, one-story, three-bay, wraparound, hiproof porch with turned posts, decorative jig-sawn brackets, and a plain metal railing. The porch rests on a raised, brick pier foundation with wood and concrete between piers. Five concrete steps with a concrete knee wall are located to the north on the porch. A 2 x 2 bay, two-story addition is attached to the northwest of the house. It is clad like the house. The gable roof is covered in asphalt shingles. The windows are single, wood, two-over-two double-hung sash windows. The entry door is glazed and paneled with a one pane, wood transom light. A 3 x 1 bay, two-story addition is attached to the southwest corner of the dwelling. It clad like the house with a shed roof and wood, two-over-two double-hung sash windows on the first floor and wood, sixover-six double-hung sash windows on the second story. The foundation on the addition is brick pier with windows and concrete blocks between the piers.
The Robert S. Nichols house retains a moderate integrity for association, location, feeling and setting as these characterizes have not been severely altered over time. The house retains a low-to-moderate integrity for workmanship and materials as some original materials have been replaced including the original siding.
Section 8. SIGNIFICANCE SUMMARY The American Foursquare was a form of vernacular housing popularized by pattern books of the early twentieth century. The Foursquare derives its name from its form, which is square in plan, with four rooms in each story. These houses are typically two stories with steeply pitched hipped or pyramidal roofs. Foursquares commonly have a dormer on the slope of the roof facing the street. They also typically feature an entry that is not centered on the façade. The American Foursquare house was a common vernacular form in the early twentieth century, as these houses were both stately and practical. The popularity of this form in Fairmount Heights reflects this housing trend. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The is significant for its character, interest, and value as a part of the development, heritage, and cultural characteristics of the region, as an example of the cultural, economic, social, and historic heritage of the County and its communities, and since the houses embody the distinctive characteristics of the American Foursquare style, that became popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in large, urban lots in subdivisions.