A collection of photos from the Nichols House Museum, which offers an intimate look at turn-of-the-last-century domestic life on Beacon Hill in Boston.
The Nichols House Museum, a classic grand Federal with a view of the State House, is the only Beacon Hill townhouse open to the public. Here’s a look at just some of what you’ll see inside.
The first floor library. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyThe second floor parlor. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyThe parlor tapestry. Photo Credit : Aimee Seavey“Diana of the Tower,” sculpted by Augustus St. Gaudens. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyThin second floor dining room. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyThe pantry just behind the dining room. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyRose’s second floor bedroom. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyPillows embroidered by Rose. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyDetail of the pillow on Rose’s bed. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyOil painting of Rose Nichols at 18, c. 1890, by her friend Margarita Pumpelly. Photo Credit : Aimee SeaveyLearn more:Nichols House MuseumVisit:Nichols House Museum. 55 Mount Vernon St., Boston. 617-227-6993; nicholshousemuseum.org
Aimee Tucker
Aimee Tucker is Yankee Magazine’s Home Editor and the Senior Digital Editor of NewEngland.com. A lifelong New Englander and Yankee contributor since 2010, Aimee has written columns devoted to history, foliage, retro food, and architecture, and regularly shares her experiences in New England travel, home, and gardening. Her most memorable Yankee experiences to date include meeting Stephen King, singing along to a James Taylor Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood, and taking to the skies in the Hood blimp for an open-air tour of the Massachusetts coastline.
