{"nrhp_refnum":"84001816","name":"Milroy-Muller House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1602 Harvard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.800022650000074,"lon":-95.39642176899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Victorian-era house at 1602 Harvard Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1895. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the oldest in the area and was the first Heights home of the John Milroy family. It was later occupied by H. J. Muller, whose wife was active on the Heights School Board, and it is noted as the home of a Houston Heights mayor. It is also presented as a fine example of the transition from Queen Anne to Colonial Revival architecture, once common in the Heights but now almost rare.","narrative":"Built in 1895, this two-story frame house at 1602 Harvard Street sits on a corner lot in Houston Heights, surrounded by mature vegetation. It has a pitched roof with a small dormer, a slightly projecting gable bay with shingled gables, scrollwork under the eaves, and a three-sided upper bay with three windows. A porch wraps to the side, with a shingled gable over the entrance supported by simple Doric columns. The front has double doors with a transom, and the windows have one-over-one lights. Clapboard siding and a composition roof complete the exterior. The house was the first Heights home of the John Milroy family before they moved to the Boulevard, and was later occupied by H. J. Muller, whose wife served actively on the Heights School Board. It is also noted as the home of a Houston Heights mayor. Its design shows the shift from Queen Anne to Colonial Revival styles, a combination once common in the neighborhood but now rare. It was recorded as unaltered and in fair condition.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Colonial Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Recorded as a residence in fair condition with no alterations; original use and present use are both residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.305538-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/9694/40969442/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001816.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001816/e2c45e0740-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001816/e2c45e0740-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milroy-Muller_House,_1602_Harvard_St_Houston.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:Milroy-Muller_House,_1602_Harvard_St_Houston.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969442","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002108"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/milroy-muller-house-84001816/"}