The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Guest House

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Guest House (three-quarter view, ca. 2003), Nichols College

Institution Name: Nichols College
Original/Historic Place Name: Tufts House; Marcy House
Location on Campus: 120 Center Rd.
Date(s) of Construction:

1792	original construction

Designer: unknown
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Federal (Glossary)
Significance: architecture, education, history
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: stone

Walls: brick

Roof: asphalt shingles

Function:

ca. 1792	private residence
ca. 2004-present (2006)	other (college guest house)

Narrative:
The Guest House of Nichols College is a federal style building constructed in 1792. It is a long-time residence on Dudley Hill and is located in the center of the Nichols campus, Aaron Tufts was among its residents. Tufts, a former Dudley representative on the Great and General court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the early 1800s, was a doctor, lawyer, and textile manufacturer of some note, as well as a Trustee of Nichols Academy.

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