{"nrhp_refnum":"83004483","name":"Ward House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"323 W. 17th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.800657684000043,"lon":-95.40119474899996,"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 square frame house at 323 West 17th Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built before 1910 by an unknown architect or builder.","why_significant":"The house is considered significant for its styling and elaborate detail. It is an example of the type of house built for upper middle class and professional residents of the Heights during its developmental years. Its earliest known owner was William H. Ward, an attorney.","narrative":"Ward House is a two-story, square frame residence at 323 West 17th Street in the Houston Heights, built before 1910. Its architect and builder are unknown. The house has a hipped roof and a two-floor front portico carried by two large Doric columns, with an entablature and pediment above. The portico overhangs a second-floor gallery that is uncovered and fitted with simple square balusters. The single front door has beveled, leaded glass sidelights and a transom, and some windows beside the portico have tracery above a single light. Asbestos siding now covers the walls. The earliest known owner was William H. Ward, an attorney. The house was recognized for its Colonial Revival styling and detail, and as a representative of the homes built for upper middle class and professional residents during the Heights' developmental years. It sits in the center of its block across from a school, on less than one acre, and was used as a rental residence at the time of the survey in 1980.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is described as fair; the house is covered with asbestos siding and is used as a rental residence, with the yard noted as not well kept.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.077765-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/9692/40969282/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004483.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004483/ca9b331875-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004483/ca9b331875-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TXAggie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ward_House_323_W_17th_St.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">TXAggie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ward_House_323_W_17th_St.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969282","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002175"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/ward-house-83004483/"}