{"nrhp_refnum":"83004477","name":"Perry-Swilley House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1101 Heights Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.79087796600004,"lon":-95.39827226999995,"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 raised frame cottage at 1101 Heights Boulevard in Houston Heights, Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1901. It sits on a prominent corner lot across from the Milroy House.","why_significant":"The house is recorded for its local architectural significance as a raised frame cottage with a wraparound porch and an early sleeping porch addition. It is also tied to local figures: it was built as a wedding present for Ava Sumbardo and Philo Perry, and later was the home of real estate agent William Swilley.","narrative":"Built in 1901 at 1101 Heights Boulevard in Houston Heights, this one-and-a-half-story raised frame cottage occupies a prominent corner lot across from the Milroy House. It has clapboard walls, intersecting gables, diamond-shaped composition shingles and an interior chimney. A porch wraps around both sides, with turned posts and flat balusters, and the floor is an unusual concrete surface. Windows have one-over-one lights, and a single front door has a transom. An enclosed sleeping porch was added in the front gable at an early date. The house was built essentially as a wedding present for Ava Sumbardo when she married Philo Perry. Her father, C. L. Sumbardo, a dealer in farm real estate, also lived there. It later became the home of William Swilley, another real estate agent prominent in the Heights, whose son continues in that business in the neighborhood. The house is listed for its local architectural significance and remains a residence.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is described as good; the house is still used as a residence and the site is original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.525772-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/9692/40969222/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004477.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004477/67265ef433-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004477/67265ef433-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perry-Swilley_House,_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:Perry-Swilley_House,_Houston,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969222","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002144"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/perry-swilley-house-83004477/"}