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Commission approves landmark documentation for George Nichols retirement house at 6204 Ridgewood Avenue
Summary
The commission voted to approve the landmark documentation for 6204 Ridgewood Avenue (the George Nichols retirement home), with a note retained in the file about conflicting sources over Nichols’s original residence.
The Monona Historic Preservation Commission voted March 18 to approve landmark documentation for the property at 6204 Ridgewood Avenue, identified in the packet as the George Nichols retirement house.
Staff said additional documentation from the Dean House clarified the property's context and that one point of conflicting information — whether Nichols’s original farm house was on Dean Avenue or the Schluter (Schluter/Schlueter) house — would remain noted in the supplemental materials. Commissioners discussed the available evidence, legal description (purchase of the southeast quarter of Section 17 in Blooming Grove) and believed the Dean Avenue location best matched land‑purchase records; the conflicting source will be retained in the document as a noted discrepancy.
A commissioner moved to approve the documentation as presented; a second was heard and the commission approved the documentation. No individual mover or seconder names were captured in the transcript; votes were recorded by voice and the motion passed.
Staff said building permits for older properties are limited in the city’s files and further research may require tax‑roll review and external archives; members asked staff to correct wording in the highlighted note about the conflicting source before final filing.
