FOW Tour - 17 Hamilton Ave Woodsdale

This house is located at the corner of Homestead Lane and Hamilton Avenue, may well be the oldest original dwelling in Woodsdale. An original carriage barn still stands behind the house. The lot on which the house is built was purchased on May 30, 1891 by John Wells Nichols from Ruth H. Woods, widow of John Woods, and their sons, Joseph J. Woods, George W. Woods, and Hamilton Woods for whom Hamilton Avenue is named. The location of the lot is directly across from the former location of the Woods homestead, hence 'Homestead Lane.' Nichols built the house in 1892 to provide his three children with a home closer to Wheeling during the school year. Otherwise the family resided on Washington Farms, which Nichols inherited from his grandfather, Hugh Nichols. May 2017 - Owners are refurbishing the carriage barn.