{"nrhp_refnum":"84001820","name":"Otto House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"835 Rutland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.78622487000007,"lon":-95.40116040199996,"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 835 Rutland Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1898 by William A. Otto.","why_significant":"The house is a good example of the decorative cottages built during the first phase of development in the Heights (1893-1900). Craftsmen commonly built their own homes there, and Otto was a professional carpenter. The form also says the house is intact to an unusual degree.","narrative":"Built in 1898 at 835 Rutland Street in Houston, this one-story frame cottage reflects the Queen Anne style as it appeared in the early Houston Heights. It has clapboard walls, a composition roof, and a hipped roofline with a projecting gable over the front bay. The gable end is shingled and holds a small window. An attached porch rests on turned posts, with cut-out brackets, square balusters and sawtooth fretwork between the posts. Stone steps lead to a single front door with a transom, and the house sits on brick piers. Its builder, William A. Otto, was a professional carpenter, and it was common in the Heights for craftsmen to build their own homes. The house represents the first phase of development in the neighborhood, from 1893 to 1900, and is described as a good example of the decorative cottages of that period. The form notes that it remains intact to an unusual degree, with only concrete steps added, and that it is an attractive house in a residential area.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William A. Otto (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as excellent; present use is residence. Concrete steps were added. The yard is mostly bricked over, with a large tree in front.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.656366-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/9693/40969358/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001820.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969358","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002169"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/otto-house-84001820/"}