{"nrhp_refnum":"76000700","name":"Nickerson, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40 E. Erie","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.89399862700003,"lon":-87.62681990599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick mansion faced with light grey sandstone ashlar at 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, commissioned in 1883 by banker Samuel Nickerson and designed by architect Edward Burling.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-preserved example of the wealthiest High Victorian homes in Chicago, notable above all for its lavish marble, onyx, alabaster and wood interior. It is also one of the few surviving residences by Edward Burling, an architect important to Chicago's pre-fire development.","narrative":"Built in 1883 at 40 East Erie Street in Chicago, this three-story mansion was commissioned by Samuel Nickerson, a founder and long-time president of the First National Bank and a trustee of the Art Institute. Edward Burling of Burling and Whitehouse designed it, with A. Fiedler responsible for woodwork and alabaster stair railings. Brick bearing walls are faced in light grey sandstone, but the interior is the main attraction: the main hall and upper hall are decorated with more than eight varieties of marble, onyx and alabaster, along with inlaid floors, leather-covered walls and carved wood. A gallery built for Nickerson's paintings was enlarged in 1900-01 for the second owner, Lucius Fisher, to a design by George Maher. The house is valued as a well-preserved example of High Victorian wealth in Chicago and as one of few remaining residences by Burling.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Edward Burling of Burling and Whitehouse; A. Fiedler (woodwork, alabaster stair railings); George Maher (1900-01 gallery extension)","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, privately owned by the American College of Surgeons and leased to a production company; interior described as maintained with virtually no alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.708474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/8920/28892004/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/76000700.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000700/335c6897d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000700/335c6897d4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Nickerson_House_(7362726240).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Nickerson_House_(7362726240).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892004","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickerson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7028434"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/nickerson-samuel-house-76000700/"}