{"nrhp_refnum":"84001765","name":"Hawkins House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1015 Heights Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.789615584000046,"lon":-95.39824216799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Spanish Colonial Revival stucco house at 1015 Heights Boulevard in Houston, Texas, built around 1910 on a corner lot in the Houston Heights. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an example of a style popular in the early 20th century. It was also once the home of George Hawkins, described as one of the first men in Texas to own an automobile (1905) and as the operator of the first auto dealership in the state. The area of significance is listed as commerce, at the local level.","narrative":"This two-story house at 1015 Heights Boulevard in Houston was built around 1910 on a corner lot in a residential neighborhood. It is a frame building covered in stucco, with a hipped roof of red Spanish tiles. An attached porch has an uncovered patio area wrapping to one side, and stone planters mark the porch corners and the sides of the entrance. The single front door has a transom, the windows have six-over-one lights, and the stucco-covered chimney has side vents. Its architect and builder are unknown. The house was recorded as an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, which was popular in the early twentieth century. It is also tied to commerce through George Hawkins, who lived there. Hawkins was one of the first men in Texas to own an automobile, in 1905, and he ran the first auto dealership in the state. The house was in fair condition when surveyed in 1980 and was used as a rental residence.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is given as fair (an earlier survey sheet said fair/poor). Present use is a rental residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.229745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/9694/40969461/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001765.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969461","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002145"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/hawkins-house-84001765/"}