{"nrhp_refnum":"83004484","name":"Webber, Samuel H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 Heights Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.778163968000058,"lon":-95.39796918999997,"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 brick Victorian-style house at 407 Heights Boulevard in Houston Heights, Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1903 by brick mason Samuel H. Webber as a family home. The records also describe his second, larger house at 1011 Heights Boulevard, built 1907-08.","why_significant":"The house was the first of two Heights Boulevard houses Samuel H. Webber, a brick mason, built for his family. He sold it in 1907 for $4,100 and built a larger, finer house at 1011 Heights Boulevard. Its significance is local, in the area of architecture, and rests largely on the builder.","narrative":"Brick mason Samuel H. Webber built this two-story house at 407 Heights Boulevard in Houston in 1903 as a home for his family. It has a hipped roof with a lateral gable, a window in the gable end, a single front door with a transom, one-over-one windows and some decorative brickwork. The front porch, with simple columns and slatted fretwork, was partly enclosed at some point. Colonial Revival influence is noted in its style. Webber sold the house in 1907 for $4,100 and the same year built a larger, finer house a few blocks away at 1011 Heights Boulevard. Together the two houses show the work of a local craftsman building in brick on a street where that material was unusual. A 1980 survey found the house in poor condition, with an overgrown yard and a deteriorating composition roof, and still used as a residence. Its significance is local and centers on architecture and its builder.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":"Samuel H. Webber","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"The 407 Heights Boulevard house is in use as a residence and in poor condition. The 1011 Heights Boulevard house was vacant and being rehabilitated in 1980.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.080013-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/9692/40969284/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004484.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969284","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002157"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/webber-samuel-h-house-83004484/"}