Nichols House (Maryland)

The Nichols House is a house located on the Homewood campus of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. It is known as the President's House because, when designed, it was intended to become the residence of the university's president.

History

The house has a two-story Georgian structure and it was built in 1958. Its construction was funded with the proceeds from the sale of an off-campus building formerly used as the president's house, as well as a large gift from Thomas Nichols, university trustee and president of the Olin Mathieson Chemical Co.

Intended to be the official residence of the president of the University, the house was used as such by both Milton S. Eisenhower and Lincoln Gordon. In 1972, the new president, Steven Muller, declined to live in the house. After then, it was used for receptions and administrative offices until 1996, when William R. Brody became the 13th president of the University and opted to once again live at Nichols House.