In March of 1917, GA Nichols sold this $17,000 home to Mrs. May C. Finerty, a native of Illinois and the mother of Roy and Fred Finerty, the two brothers who founded Fidelity National Bank in the same year. By the time she left the house in 1926 her sons and daughter also owned homes in the 300 block of 19th.

Built in the Mission style with parapets and quatrefoil windows, the house also incorporates the wide eaves of Prairie style design in the front porch. Italian porcelain tiles cover the porch floor.

In 1988 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. White began a complete restoration and remodeling to return the interior to its original design. In 2011, Jane and Pete Holcombe completed their mission to restore the original parapets to the home. Storm damage likely caused a previous homeowner to remove the brick and limestone coping and replace them with a compromised roof structure. Armed with an original picture of the house and five of eight pieces of one of the quatrefoil windows, the homeowners drew plans to replicate the parapets and filed for a Certificate of Appropriateness with the Historic Preservation Commission. Fifty pieces of coping later, with bricks that had to be cut down to match the original, and a little "tinting with Minwax" - you may now see the house as it was originally designed.

Inside, the home has four fireplaces with surrounds of striated limestone and tile and original gas heaters. Original ionic columns separate the entry from the living room. Many original light fixtures were discovered in various storage areas and restored to their former glory. The three large stained-glass panels at the top of the stairs originally opened onto a sleeping porch. The sleeping porch was converted long ago into additional bathroom space. The Holcombes featured their home on the 1999 and 2011 Home Tours.

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