History of the Nickerson Mansion: 1963

Mr. Nickerson's bedroom being used as an office

Above: Mr. Nickerson's bedroom being used as an office

The Nickerson Mansion in the late-20th Century

Chicago Daily Tribune, October 30, 1955.

Surgeons Unit Home Recalls Chicago’s Past: Former ‘Marble Palace’ Retains Glories

That quaint device, the welcome mat, does not show outside the aging, soot darkened building at 40 E. Erie st.

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Perhaps the most phenomenal achievement in the college’s occupation of the building, which was a gift from admiring Chicago leaders and citizens, is its use as a business center. No walls have been torn down to make way for desks or switchboard. Instead, the modern workpieces have been installed carefully, so as to let the aura of the old mansion remain intact.

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