{"nrhp_refnum":"06000923","name":"Farrar, Roy and Margaret, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"511 Lovett Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.744921145000035,"lon":-95.38802901899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick-veneer house at 511 Lovett Boulevard in the Montrose Place subdivision of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1923 and designed by architect Einar Stubee.","why_significant":"The house combines horizontal Prairie Style form with Mediterranean detailing and retains a high degree of architectural integrity. It is also tied to Roy Montgomery Farrar, a Houston lumber businessman and civic leader. It also illustrates the development of Lovett Boulevard, one of four landscaped boulevards platted in Montrose Place for larger homes.","narrative":"Built in 1923 at 511 Lovett Boulevard in Houston's Montrose Place subdivision, this two-story, wood-framed, brick-veneer house was designed by architect Einar Stubee. He paired the low, horizontal massing of the Prairie Style with Mediterranean details, including a tile cross-hipped roof, paired eave brackets, a recessed central entry and a porte cochere. It was built for Roy and Margaret Farrar. Roy Farrar was a lumber businessman, partner of Jesse H. Jones in the South Texas Lumber Company, and a civic leader involved in developing the Port of Houston. Later the house served as a medical fraternity house, an office and a radio station. Despite these uses, the original center-hall floor plan, staircase and windows largely survive. A 2004 renovation adapted it as an arbitration center. The house sits on one of the most architecturally intact blocks of Lovett Boulevard, a landscaped street laid out in 1910-11 for prominent homes.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Einar Stubee (architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Mediterranean; Late 19th and Early 20th Century Movements/Prairie School","criteria":[],"status_note":"Now used as an arbitration center with conference rooms and offices after a 2004 renovation; earlier used as a medical fraternity house (1944-1968), office and radio station.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.354648-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/9723/40972364/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/06000923.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972364","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002644"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/farrar-roy-and-margaret-house-06000923/"}