{"nrhp_refnum":"83004449","name":"House at 1421 Harvard St.","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1421 Harvard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.79685544700004,"lon":-95.39696684499995,"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 one-story frame cottage at 1421 Harvard Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1905 and attributed to William A. Wilson.","why_significant":"It is described as a detailed but simple house type common to the Heights. It was probably built by William A. Wilson, an investor very active in developing the area. The area of significance is architecture, at the local level.","narrative":"This one-story frame cottage at 1421 Harvard Street in Houston Heights was built in 1905 and is probably the work of William A. Wilson, an investor who was very active in the development of the neighborhood. It has clapboard walls, a composition roof, and a high hipped roof with a large central gable holding a pair of windows. An attached porch rests on Ionic three-quarter columns set on battered wooden pedestals, with square balusters between them. The single door has a transom, the windows are one-over-one, and two interior brick chimneys rise through the roof. The survey describes it as detailed yet simple, a type common to the Heights. It is in excellent condition, stands on its original site, and has no recorded alterations. A small yard with one tree sits in the middle of the block, in well-kept residential surroundings. The house was originally a residence and is still used as a rental home. Its significance is local and rests on its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":"William A. Wilson","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (Queen Anne cottage in the earlier survey entry)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as excellent, with no alterations and the original site. It is currently used as a rental residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.327966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/9692/40969262/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004449.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004449/0a78d25615-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004449/0a78d25615-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1421_Harvard_St_(HDR).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:1421_Harvard_St_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969262","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002122"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/house-at-1421-harvard-st-83004449/"}