{"nrhp_refnum":"82004857","name":"Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Holman Ave. and Ennis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.72647982600006,"lon":-95.35746379999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Spanish Colonial Revival nursing school building at the southeast corner of Holman Avenue and Ennis Street in Houston's Third Ward, built in 1931 and designed by architect Maurice J. Sullivan.","why_significant":"It was the city's first residential nursing school for Black students and was closely tied to the Houston Negro Hospital, which opened in 1926. It was funded by oilman and philanthropist J. S. Cullinan to promote self-help and relieve sickness among Black residents. It is also a notable work by architect Maurice J. Sullivan.","narrative":"Built in 1931 in Houston's Third Ward, this two-story nursing school building was designed by architect Maurice J. Sullivan in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Reinforced concrete and hollow tile form the structure, with white stucco walls, a red barrel-tile roof, and a long arcade along the rear elevation facing the hospital grounds. A central arched passageway once served as a gateway to the complex. The school was the city's first residential nursing school for Black students and was linked to the Houston Negro Hospital, which opened in 1926. Oilman J. S. Cullinan paid for it, naming it in honor of his late wife, and the City of Houston donated the land. West and Jensen built it for over $40,000. The school closed in 1935 after low hospital admissions, and the building then served as a nurses' dormitory, a cancer outpatient facility, and a drug-abuse clinic. A large hospital addition separates it from the original hospital, so the two were nominated separately.","period_of_significance":"1931","architect_builder":"Maurice J. Sullivan, architect; West and Jensen, Contractors","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and vacant, in fair condition (described elsewhere as poor); city used it as a drug-abuse clinic in the 1970s, and rehabilitation as a neighborhood out-patient facility was planned.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.422519-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9724/40972454/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/82004857.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004857/b25f27ddc2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004857/b25f27ddc2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houston_Negro_Hospital_School_of_Nursing.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houston_Negro_Hospital_School_of_Nursing.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972454","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Negro_Hospital_School_of_Nursing_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16845833"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/houston-negro-hospital-school-of-nursing-building-82004857/"}