{"nrhp_refnum":"84001788","name":"House at 444 West 24th Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"444 W. 24th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.80810417300006,"lon":-95.40344141599996,"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 cottage at 444 West 24th Street in the Houston Heights area of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built around 1914 by an unknown architect or builder.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a typical example of the simple cottages occupied by average, middle-class residents of the Heights. Early residents held typical occupations such as bookkeepers and drivers. The area of significance is architecture at the local level.","narrative":"Built around 1914, this one-story frame cottage at 444 West 24th Street sits in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston. It has a hipped roof with lateral and front gables, undecorated gable ends, and a porch that wraps to the side on turned posts with squared balusters. The front door has a simple transom, the windows are one-over-one, and some shutters remain. The house rests on piers and has an interior brick chimney. The style shows Queen Anne influence. Later changes include asbestos siding, a recent renovation, and a partly filled-in porch. The house stands on a large yard with big pecan trees in a residential area. It was recorded because it represents the modest cottages of average middle-class Heights residents, whose early occupants worked as bookkeepers, drivers and similar trades. Its significance is local and rests on its architecture. The house has remained a residence.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is described as good; the house is still used as a residence and has had a recent renovation, asbestos siding added, and a partially filled-in porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.410384-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/9693/40969356/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001788.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001788/009625340f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001788/009625340f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_444_W._24th_St._Houston_Heights_(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:House_at_444_W._24th_St._Houston_Heights_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969356","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002171"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/house-at-444-west-24th-street-84001788/"}