{"nrhp_refnum":"84001813","name":"Meitzen House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"725 Harvard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.775304752000068,"lon":-95.39645338399998,"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/Colonial Revival cottage at 725 Harvard Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1909.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its architecture, as a local example of Queen Anne style blended with Colonial Revival/Bungaloid features. It also represents the middle-class population of the Houston Heights. Its original owner, Hugo E. Meitzen, moved within the Heights, a common pattern in the early years of the development.","narrative":"This one-story frame cottage at 725 Harvard Street in the Houston Heights was built in 1909. It combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival features. It has clapboard walls, a composition roof with a hipped form, a projecting gable-end bay, and a front dormer with a window. A shingled gable sits over a chamfered bay with three windows. An attached porch wraps around one side, supported by Doric half-columns on brick piers. The windows have one-over-one lights, and a brick chimney rises inside. A modern diamond-shaped window was added on the porch wall. The original owner, Hugo E. Meitzen, bought the lot from O. M. Carter in 1909 for $400, after living on East 5th Street. Moves within the Heights were common in its early years, often to larger and more ornate homes. Meitzen was typical of the neighborhood's middle-class residents. A tile inscription of his name remains on the front walk, and the house is still a residence.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good; the house is still used as a residence and the yard is 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 02:54:19.019061-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/9693/40969378/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001813.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969378","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002162"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/meitzen-house-84001813/"}