Nichols House, a two-story Georgian structure originally known as the President's House, was built in 1958-59. 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, president of the Olin Mathieson Chemical Co., and a member of the University's Board of Trustees. 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, when the new president, Steven Muller, declined to live in the house, it was renamed Nichols House. The house was used for receptions and administrative offices until August 1996 when William R. Brody became the 13th president of the University and opted to once again make Nichols House the residence of the University's president.
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