{"nrhp_refnum":"01000325","name":"Harris, Ethel Wilson, House","other_names":["NPS-LCS &amp","HABS No. 232"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6519 San Jose Dr.-San Antonio Missions NHP","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.363424941000062,"lon":-98.47999810199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame, stone and concrete house at 6519 San Jose Drive, San Antonio, Texas, just north of the Mission San José compound. It was built in 1956 and designed by Robert Harris for his mother, Ethel Wilson Harris.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant for its ties to Ethel Wilson Harris, a longtime manager of Mission San José and a nationally known tile and pottery maker. It holds many examples of her tiles, including her maguey trademark. It also shows an adaptation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian style.","narrative":"Built in 1956 just outside the walls of Mission San José in San Antonio, this roughly 2,000-square-foot house was designed by Robert Harris for his mother, Ethel Wilson Harris. It combines Arkansas ledge stone veneer, exposed yellow pine beams, cantilevered roof planes and large glass walls in a way that closely resembles Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian style. A daylight basement held her workshop and studio. Ethel Harris managed the mission for decades and ran Mission Crafts, a pottery and tile business that used a maguey plant as its trademark. The house contains her tiles in many forms, including the Huapango panel, the paved entry areaway, kitchen wainscot and patio. Because little else at the mission commemorates her work, the house is presented as the main surviving record of her career and her role in the mission's restoration. The main level keeps a high degree of integrity, though the roof and some systems need repair.","period_of_significance":"1956-1982","architect_builder":"Robert Harris (designer); Ethel Wilson Harris assisted with construction supervision","architectural_style":"Modern Movement, Wrightian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in very good condition with most original fabric retained. It is federally owned and listed with a current function of office and school, work in progress. The form notes roof leaks and other needed repairs.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.487637-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/9710/40971070/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/01000325.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000325/ef80a019a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000325/ef80a019a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilsonHarris1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilsonHarris1.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75001953","name":"Mission Parkway","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/mission-parkway-75001953/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971070","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Wilson_Harris_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5403232"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/harris-ethel-wilson-house-01000325/"}