{"nrhp_refnum":"80004131","name":"Milroy, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1102 Heights Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.79107705900003,"lon":-95.39724280199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story frame Victorian house with a small tower, built in 1898 at 1102 Heights Boulevard in Houston Heights, Houston, Texas, with a 1 1/2-story carriage house behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of frame Victorian architecture and the most impressive nineteenth-century house on Heights Boulevard. It was the home of John Milroy, a key figure in Houston Heights development who was elected mayor seven times. It also reflects the deliberate town planning of the Heights, including deed covenants requiring a minimum cost and a 40-foot setback.","narrative":"Built in 1898 on a prominent corner lot along Heights Boulevard in Houston Heights, this 2 1/2-story clapboard house shows Stick style characteristics, including a varied roofline, small projecting gables and bays, fishscale shingles and a small front tower. A porch with turned posts and balusters wraps the front and sides, and the interior keeps carved oak and pine woodwork, stained and leaded glass, and many hidden storage spaces. A carriage house stands behind it. The house was built by H.F. MacGregor and occupied by John Milroy from 1898, though he bought it in 1901. Milroy worked for the land company that developed the Heights, managed its local office until 1917, and served as mayor for seven elected terms. The house appeared in promotional advertising and is the most impressive nineteenth-century house on the boulevard. It also reflects early planning rules, which required a minimum construction cost and a 40-foot setback. Family descendants lived there until 1979, and restoration followed.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Built by H.F. MacGregor (architect not known)","architectural_style":"Victorian, with some characteristics of the Stick style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacated in 1979 by Milroy descendants; a restoration by a new owner was under way, with the aim of returning it to single-family residential use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.889515-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/9724/40972402/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004131.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004131/b844148208-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004131/b844148208-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Milroy_House,_Houston,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Milroy_House,_Houston,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972402","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001000"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/milroy-john-house-80004131/"}