{"nrhp_refnum":"83004430","name":"Burge House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1801 Heights Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.801968878000025,"lon":-95.39853681699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A square, two-story frame house at 1801 Heights Boulevard in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built around 1910 on a corner lot.","why_significant":"The house is described as a good example of a transitional type between Victorian-period styles and 20th-century buildings. It is also tied to its original owner, Robert Burge, president of Burge Manufacturing Company, who bought the property in 1910 for $2,000.","narrative":"Built around 1910 on a corner lot in the Houston Heights, this square, two-story frame house reflects the shift from Victorian-era design toward 20th-century building types. It has clapboard walls, a composition roof, a hip roof with small central dormers, and projecting gables on the sides. A porch wraps around one side on battered half-columns set on brick piers, with rails and balusters between them. Brick steps lead to a doorway with sidelights and a transom, beneath an ornamented gable. The second story is shingled and has two pairs of one-over-one double windows. The form classes the style as Colonial Revival with Bungaloid influences and records no alterations. Its first owner, Robert Burge, president of Burge Manufacturing Company, bought the property in 1910 for $2,000. The house was recognized at the local level for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of a transitional type. It sits in a large, well-kept yard in a residential setting.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival/Bungaloid influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is described as good, with no alterations and the original site. It is used as a residence, and one form entry describes it as a residence-parsonage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.066274-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/9693/40969302/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004430.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004430/459ac283b6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004430/459ac283b6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burge_House_(HDR).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burge_House_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969302","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burge_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4998519"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/burge-house-83004430/"}