{"nrhp_refnum":"83004448","name":"House at 532 Harvard Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"532 Harvard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.780816388000062,"lon":-95.39596418399998,"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 house at 532 Harvard Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1904-05. The builder was Hart Oil and Well Company.","why_significant":"The house is considered significant locally for its architecture. It is typical of the larger homes built in the Heights as Houston grew with the oil industry and white-collar workers and professionals moved into the suburbs. It was built by Hart Oil and Well Company for one of its employees.","narrative":"This two-story frame house at 532 Harvard Street in the Houston Heights was built in 1904-05 and sits in the middle of a residential block. It has a hipped roof with a lateral gable and a projecting gable-end bay on the front facade, the gable end shingled and pierced by a small window. An attached porch rests on turned posts with square balusters, and full-length one-over-one windows open onto it to the left of a single door with a transom. A small diamond-shaped window sits to the right, and the upper windows have two-over-two lights. Aluminum siding, similar in size to the original weatherboards, now covers the walls. The records indicate Hart Oil and Well Company built the house for one of its employees. It is regarded as typical of the larger homes built in the Heights as Houston grew with the oil industry and white-collar workers and professionals moved to the suburbs. It remains a residence and is recognized locally for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by Hart Oil and Well Company for one of its employees","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival influence (Victorian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent; original site; aluminum siding similar in size to the original weatherboards; present use is residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.690704-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/9692/40969260/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004448.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969260","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001016"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/house-at-532-harvard-street-83004448/"}