{"nrhp_refnum":"83004457","name":"House at 1537 Tulane Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1537 Tulane Street","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.79928071200004,"lon":-95.40250644899999,"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 1537 Tulane Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Texas, built around 1909. The architect and builder are unknown, and the house was moved to this site in 1970.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the house as an exceptionally sophisticated treatment of the Colonial Revival style. It is also noted as one of few houses of this elaborate type in this part of the Heights. Its relocation saved it from demolition planned by the telephone company.","narrative":"Built around 1909, this square two-story frame house on Tulane Street in Houston Heights is a detailed example of Colonial Revival design. A two-story portico with a gable, pediment and lunate window rests on large fluted columns with a proper entablature. A double gallery runs across the front, with small Doric columns and square balusters on the ground floor and newels and square balusters above. The single front door has sidelights and a transom, the windows have one-over-one lights, and an exterior brick chimney rises on the side. The house was originally at 18th and Ashland, about two and a half blocks southeast, and was moved in 1970 to a new foundation after the telephone company announced plans to demolish it; the former site is now a parking lot. Survey recorders in 1980 rated its condition good and called it exceptionally sophisticated in style and unusually elaborate for its section of the Heights. It remains a residence.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Good condition; moved in 1970 to a new foundation several blocks from its original site; 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 02:54:18.867791-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/9692/40969268/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004457.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004457/fe4ae445cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004457/fe4ae445cd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1537_Tulane_(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:1537_Tulane_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969268","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001027"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/house-at-1537-tulane-street-83004457/"}