{"nrhp_refnum":"83004470","name":"Lund House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 E. 5th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.779747453000027,"lon":-95.39521485999995,"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-and-a-half-story frame cottage at 301 East 5th Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built between 1896 and 1899 by Gustav Lund.","why_significant":"The form describes it as one of the earliest houses remaining in the Heights. It was built by Gustav Lund, a German immigrant who worked as a carpenter at the Southern Pacific Railroad shops and was later elected alderman in 1897 and 1899. Its significance is listed under architecture at the local level.","narrative":"Located on a corner lot at 301 East 5th Street in Houston Heights, this one-and-a-half-story frame cottage dates from between 1896 and 1899. Gustav Lund, a German immigrant and carpenter at the Southern Pacific Railroad shops, built it after buying the land from the Omaha and South Texas Land Company in 1896 for $450. Lund later served as an alderman in 1897 and 1899. The house is described in the Queen Anne style, with a hipped roof, a side gable, and a projecting gable over the front bay decorated with bargeboard. Turned posts support the porch, and the chamfered bay has cut-out brackets and dropped pendants. Windows have one-over-one lights, and most openings have molded architraves. Dormers were added to three sides later. It is considered one of the earliest surviving houses in the Heights and was recognized locally for its architecture. It stands among large trees behind a chain-link fence and is used as a rental residence.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Gustav Lund","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is described as good; present use is a rental residence. Dormers were added to three sides of the house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.902443-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/9693/40969344/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004470.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004470/56e77c21a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004470/56e77c21a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lund_House.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:Lund_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969344","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001040"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/lund-house-83004470/"}