{"nrhp_refnum":"84001755","name":"Borgstrom House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1401 Cortlandt St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.796335046000024,"lon":-95.39581674299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame Queen Anne cottage at 1401 Cortlandt Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1902 by Gustaf M. Borgstrom.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an excellent example of the early cottages built in the Heights, with architecture as its area of significance at the local level. It was built by Gustaf Borgstrom, a tailor, for his family, and is described as unusually well preserved.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at 1401 Cortlandt Street in the Houston Heights, this one-story frame cottage reflects Queen Anne design with some Eastlake detailing. It has an L-shaped plan, clapboard walls, and a hipped roof with a projecting gable-end bay decorated with fishscale and square shingles. An attached porch has turned posts, friezes and balustrades, resting on brick piers, and shutters cover all of the windows. Gustaf M. Borgstrom, a tailor by profession, built the house for his family. It was listed as an excellent example of the early cottages constructed in the Heights, and its significance is assessed at the local level under architecture. The house is described as unusually well preserved and remains a residence. It sits on a very large corner lot of less than one acre, kept with lawn, trimmed hedge, bushes and trees, in a residential neighborhood. It was nominated as part of the Houston Heights multiple resource group.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":"Gustaf M. Borgstrom","architectural_style":"Queen Anne/ some Eastlake detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, unusually well preserved, and still used as a residence; 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 02:54:19.22254-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/9693/40969384/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001755.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001755/0d80e0cb05-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001755/0d80e0cb05-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstrom_House_(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:Borgstrom_House_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969384","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgstrom_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4945085"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/borgstrom-house-84001755/"}