Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District

218 E Market St

Joseph Nielsen House, 19th c.

BrickContributes to the historic character of the district

1800–1899
18001850190019502000

From the National Register nomination

Two-story frame house with a painted stretcher-bond brick veneer and a metal-sheathed gable roof. On the front are replacement 1/1 windows and a late 20th century one-story Colonial Revival entry porch with fluted square aluminum supports, a metal railing, and a brick foundation. The entry has a transom and sidelights from the same period as the porch. At the front east corner is a ca. 1950 one-story porch with segmental-arch openings that have been bricked up. The resulting room attaches to a one-story rear addition. On the end of the two-story rear ell are aluminum siding and an enclosed one-story porch. Ann McCleary suggests a date of construction as early as the 1850s, and she notes that a Mrs. Nichol may have lived here in 1877. The house appears to be portrayed on the 1885 Lake map. A later owner was contractor Joe Nielsen who added the east wing and brick veneer, probably about 1950. Now Miller & Jameson accountants.

People

  • Mrs. Nichol lived here in 1877
  • Joe Nielsen owner