{"nrhp_refnum":"84001841","name":"Wilson House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1206 Cortlandt St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.792917946000046,"lon":-95.39521821399995,"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 one-and-a-half-story frame Queen Anne cottage at 1206 Cortlandt in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built around 1907. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent example of the detailed cottages common in the early Heights. It was also the original home of Earl Wilson, who served as mayor pro tempore after R. F. Isbell resigned in 1914. Wilson was the son of G. W. Wilson, a city marshal and tax collector.","narrative":"Built around 1907 at 1206 Cortlandt in the Houston Heights, this one-and-a-half-story frame cottage reflects Queen Anne design with some Colonial Revival influence. Its combination roof includes a projecting gable bay on the front, finished with shingles and a small multi-paned window. An attached porch curves to one side and rests on Doric columns with square balusters. Other features include a single door with a transom, one-over-one windows, shutters, an interior brick chimney and a concrete foundation. The walls are clapboard and the roof is composition. The house was first the home of Earl Wilson, who acted as mayor pro tempore after R. F. Isbell resigned in 1914. His father, G. W. Wilson, served as city marshal and tax collector. The cottage is valued for its architecture as a finely detailed example of a type common in the early Heights, and for its link to local government. It sits on a well-kept corner lot with trees and ivy, and later changes include a screened veranda and a garage.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne and Colonial Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good. It is still used as a residence, and the corner lot is well kept. Alterations include somewhat intrusive screening of the veranda and a later garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.325291-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/9694/40969444/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001841.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001841/fbcadd45c9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001841/fbcadd45c9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson_House,_Houston,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson_House,_Houston,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969444","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002138"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/wilson-house-84001841/"}