William Perrin Nicolson House

William P. Nicolson House

The Shellmont Inn Bed and Breakfast
location in Midtown Atlanta
Location 821 Piedmont Ave., NE, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates 33°46′37.203″N 84°22′51.33″W / 33.77700083°N 84.3809250°W / 33.77700083; -84.3809250Coordinates: 33°46′37.203″N 84°22′51.33″W / 33.77700083°N 84.3809250°W / 33.77700083; -84.3809250
Built c. 1891
Architect Walter T. Downing
Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture
NRHP Reference # 77000432[1]
Added to NRHP March 25, 1977

The William Perrin Nicolson House is a historic house built in 1891, located on Piedmont Ave. in Midtown Atlanta, northeast of downtown. It currently operated as a bed and breakfast inn and is also known as Shellmont Inn Bed and Breakfast. The building was designated in 1989 as a historic building by the City of Atlanta, as William Perrin Nicolson House. The building was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the William P. Nicolson House.[1][2]

History

The house was built in 1891 by William Perrin Nicolson as a wedding present for his bride, Carolyn Crane. The building was designed by regionally renowned master architect Walter T. Downing in the Eclectic Colonial Revival style. Downing designed many public buildings and churches, such as Sacred Heart Church (1877–98) but his most unusual and impressive works were his residential designs where his eclectic and individualistic style shines through.[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977,[4] and is a City of Atlanta Landmark Building and Site (1989).[5] One reason for its listing is that it is now a relatively rare surviving example of W.T. Downing's residential work, being one of only five of his houses in Atlanta still extant, and it is the only one reflecting the distinctive style that he developed in his designs commissioned in the 1890s.[2]

The listing included two contributing buildings.[1]

The property is documented by several interior and exterior photos in Downing's book titled Domestic Architecture.[6]

William Perrin Nicolson died in 1928 and the house remained in the Nicolson family until in 1982.

Inn

The Nicolson House received the "Atlanta Urban Design Commission Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation and Adaptive Re-Use" from Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young in 1987. It is one of the featured properties in the 1991 book Classic Atlanta: Landmarks of the Atlanta Spirit.[7] The property was operated as the Shellmont Inn Bed and Breakfast until 2016. [8]

In modern culture

It was featured in the 2015 movie in Chevy Chase's "Vacation" series, Vacation, as Clark and Ellen Griswold's personal bed and breakfast business.

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Randolph Marks and Elizabeth Lyon (March 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William P. Nicolson House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 22, 2016. with seven photos
  3. ↑ "W. T. Downing (1865-1918)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "William P. Nicolson House--Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "William Perrin Nicolson House". City of Atlanta. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  6. ↑ Dowing, Walter Thomas (1987). Domestic Architecture (Atlanta: Franklin). Franklin Printing and Publishing.
  7. ↑ Martin, Van J.; Mitchell, William R. (November 30, 1991). Classic Atalanta: Landmarks of the Atlanta Spirit. Golden Coast Publishing Company. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-0932958129.
  8. ↑ "shellmont.com". Shellmont Inn. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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