{"nrhp_refnum":"84001843","name":"Wimberly House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"703 Harvard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.774763730000075,"lon":-95.39644050099997,"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, L-shaped cottage at 703 Harvard in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built around 1906. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The house was built for James Wimberly beside his business, the Wimberly Brothers Grocery at 702 Heights Boulevard, a popular gathering place where residents paid their taxes. It is described as a good example of a simple cottage with Queen Anne influence that remains substantially intact. Significance is rated local, under architecture.","narrative":"Built around 1906 at 703 Harvard in the Houston Heights, this one-story frame cottage has an L-shaped plan and a pitched roof with a projecting front gable bay. The gable has a small window and round-butt shingles. A porch wraps around one side, supported by turned posts and decorated with flatcut sawtooth fretwork, pendants and fanciful brackets. Two single front doors with transoms and two-over-two windows complete the design, and the name \"Wimberly\" appears in the sidewalk. James Wimberly had the house built to be near his business, the Wimberly Brothers Grocery at 702 Heights Boulevard. The store was a popular gathering place for this end of the Heights because residents paid their taxes there. The house was recognized as a good example of a simple cottage with Queen Anne influence that remains substantially intact. It sits on a corner lot beside railroad tracks, shaded by large trees, and has served as both a residence and a beauty shop.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is described as good; the building is used as a residence and beauty shop, with no known alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.633202-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/9693/40969360/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001843.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001843/4f3a2a9a49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001843/4f3a2a9a49-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upsidedownmonkey","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZANONE_JOSEPH_MASON.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Upsidedownmonkey</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZANONE_JOSEPH_MASON.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969360","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002163"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/wimberly-house-84001843/"}