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and confidante during the latter years of her life.

"As you know," Mrs. Maxwell notes, "Miss Nicholson's interest in the Orient led to her early acquisition of the property at 46 N. Los Robles Ave. and the eventual construction at great personal expense and effort of one of the few authentic North Chinese compounds in North America.

"Its function is now most admirably suited to usage as an Asian research center where a living people to people relationship may carry out her vision," Mrs. Maxwell says.

"As a friend of Miss Nicholson, I feel that this use would most accurately reflect the builder's ideals and most nearly guarantee that the cultural legacy she has left us would be best preserved for all the citizens of her community. Many of the friends of Miss Nicholson join me in expressing to you our feelings that this proposed use would have pleased her more than any other."

Among other urging retention of the building is Albert Lowe, who suggests that it might even be named as a state historical landmark.

Use of the property for city purposes also has been mentioned as a possibility by City Manager John D. Phillips, who points out that there is a shortage of office space in the City Hall.