Nickerson House

Nickerson House

The Samuel M. Nickerson House, located at 40 East Erie Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, is a Chicago Landmark. It was designed by Edward J. Burling of the firm of Burling and Whitehouse and built for Samuel and Mathilda Nickerson in 1883. Samuel M. Nickerson was a prominent figure in the rising national banking industry, who was said to have owned at one point more national bank stock than anyone else in the United States.

The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and today is home to the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Read more about Nickerson House:  Architecture, History, Museum

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