Samuel M. Nickerson House

Landmark Context

Samuel M. Nickerson House is located at 40 E Erie St in the city's landmark record. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1883 and credits Burling & Whitehouse. It was designated on September 28, 1977. Samuel M. Nickerson House already ties domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change to one real building before archival digging begins.

At Samuel M. Nickerson House, the most useful field notes usually begin with lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, then move outward to the rhythm between neighboring houses and alterations that show changing domestic use. That kind of fieldwork helps clarify how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Samuel M. Nickerson House starts to deepen once research reaches real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. That source trail is often the best way to move from designation summary to a fuller building history.

Samuel M. Nickerson House still needs deeper source work, but the landmark record already keeps that work tied to one place.