{"nrhp_refnum":"83004441","name":"House at 1509 Allston Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1509 Allston St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.798055907000048,"lon":-95.40040860999994,"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 two-story frame Victorian-type house at 1509 Allston Street in Houston Heights, Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1906. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved example of the fairly large houses built by several early residents of Houston Heights. It is noted for its architecture at the local level. The form also records that the lot cost $250 in 1906, and that the lot with the house was valued at $2,700 only three years later.","narrative":"Built in 1906 in Houston Heights, this two-story frame house at 1509 Allston Street is a large Victorian-type residence with Colonial Revival influence. It has clapboard walls, a composition roof and a combination roofline with a projecting front gable. The gable end is shingled in a sawtooth pattern and has a small window. An attached porch rests on simple Doric columns with square balusters, and its pediment repeats the sawtooth shingles and has cornice returns. The single front door and windows with tracery above single lower lights complete the front. The house sits on a brick foundation, with large trees in the front yard. It was listed as a well-preserved example of the fairly large houses built by several early residents of the Heights, and its condition is recorded as excellent with no alterations beyond renovation. The form also notes that the lot sold for $250 in 1906, while the lot with the house was valued at $2,700 three years later. It was built as a residence and remains one.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival influence (described elsewhere as Victorian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as excellent; the house is in use as a rental residence. Alterations are noted as none except for renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.426311-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9692/40969254/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004441.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004441/367688b99b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004441/367688b99b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1509_Allston_Street,_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:1509_Allston_Street,_Houston,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969254","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002114"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/house-at-1509-allston-street-83004441/"}