{"nrhp_refnum":"10000960","name":"Near Northside Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Little White Oak Bayou on the N; Hogan on the S; I-45 on the W and the block between N Main and Keene","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.782470331500065,"lon":-95.3664177148052,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district about three-quarters of a mile northwest of downtown Houston, Harris County, Texas, made up of 286 buildings (244 contributing), mostly wood-frame houses built from about 1890 through the 1920s and 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is presented as a typical late nineteenth and early twentieth century working-class neighborhood that grew up in response to nearby industry, namely the Southern Pacific rail yard and shops and the city's port. It is eligible under Criterion A at the local level. Most buildings keep a high degree of integrity, and the Queen Anne, Craftsman and Bungalow houses show the neighborhood's development.","narrative":"Near Northside is a compact neighborhood of modest houses roughly three-quarters of a mile northwest of downtown Houston. Bounded by Little White Oak Bayou, Hogan Street, Interstate 45 and Keene Street, it covers 33 full city blocks and parts of nine others. Most of its 286 buildings are wood-frame single-family homes built between about 1890 and the 1920s, with Queen Anne houses giving way to Craftsman bungalows, which make up about half the district. Streets are narrow with open ditches, old concrete street markers and mature live oaks. The neighborhood grew to house workers tied to the Southern Pacific rail shops and the port, helped by an electric streetcar line on Montgomery Avenue, now North Main Street, from 1892. Later freeway construction cut off its western edge. Of the buildings, 244 retain enough integrity to contribute. Two stand out individually: the Southern Pacific hospital of 1910-1911 and the Robert E. Lee Elementary School, designed by Alfred C. Finn. The district was recognized for its local significance in community development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Southern Pacific staff architects (Old Southern Pacific Hospital); Alfred C. Finn (Robert E. Lee Elementary School)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Craftsman/Bungalow, Folk Victorian, L-plan and Mixed, with some Colonial, Tudor, Classical and Mission Revival, Art Moderne and Ranch examples","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Residential in character, with 244 contributing and 42 noncontributing resources; current uses include houses, a church and a clinic, and some properties are listed as vacant or not in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.736647-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/9723/40972388/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/10000960.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972388","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999901"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/near-northside-historic-district-10000960/"}