{"nrhp_refnum":"79002959","name":"Donoghue, Thomas J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"17 Courtlandt Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.742858956000077,"lon":-95.38482728299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story brick Georgian Revival house at 17 Courtlandt Place in Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1915-16 and designed by the New York firm Warren and Wetmore.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an excellent example of Georgian Revival architecture on Courtlandt Place, one of Houston's earliest and most exclusive subdivisions. Warren and Wetmore was the only non-Texas firm to design a house on the avenue. The interior carving is by Texas woodcarver Peter Mansbendel. The house was also the home of Thomas J. Donoghue, an early Texas oilman and Texas Company executive.","narrative":"Built in 1915-16 at 17 Courtlandt Place in Houston, this 2 1/2-story brick residence is one of 18 prominent houses facing a tree-lined, divided boulevard established as an exclusive neighborhood in 1906. Warren and Wetmore of New York, known for Grand Central Terminal and Houston's Union Station, designed it in the Georgian Revival style for Thomas J. Donoghue, a first vice-president and later executive vice-president of the Texas Company. Exterior features include a semi-elliptical portico, a fanlight entrance, carved limestone lintels, double end chimneys, Palladian gable windows and a third-floor ballroom. A loggia, porte cochere and carriage house complete the property. Inside, Swiss-born woodcarver Peter Mansbendel produced cornices, columns, the staircase and most of the carved mantels. Donoghue, an early leader in the Texas oil industry, lived here for about 30 years, and his wife remained until 1963. The house is regarded as an important Houston landmark.","period_of_significance":"1915-16","architect_builder":"Warren & Wetmore","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the property as occupied and a private residence; the rear gallery and loggia were later enclosed and air-conditioned, and the carriage house was converted to a guest house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.832359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/9723/40972350/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79002959.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"94000859","name":"Westmoreland Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/westmoreland-historic-district-94000859/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972350","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000989"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/donoghue-thomas-j-house-79002959/"}