{"nrhp_refnum":"84001844","name":"Wisnoski House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1651 Columbia St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.799892898000053,"lon":-95.39362604699994,"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 cottage at 1651 Columbia Street in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, dated to about 1900 (the form gives 1899-1903 in one place and 1900 in another).","why_significant":"The house is a typical example of the cottages built during the early development of the Heights, in both form and detail. It was also the home of Frank Wisnoski, the first operator of the Heights streetcar company that linked the suburb with Houston. That streetcar was the main transportation for early residents and helped draw people to the new suburb.","narrative":"This one-story frame cottage at 1651 Columbia Street in Houston Heights, Houston, dates from around 1900. It has clapboard walls, a composition roof, and a combination roofline with a projecting gable over the front bay. The gable end is shingled, and the style shows some Queen Anne influence. The house sits on a prominent corner lot, though a high wooden fence hides the porch and other details from the street. It is in excellent condition and remains a residence, as it was originally. The house is considered important for two reasons. First, it represents the type of cottage common during the early growth of the Heights, in both form and detail. Second, it was the home of Frank Wisnoski, the first operator of the local streetcar company connecting the Heights to Houston. That line was the main way early residents traveled and was a major factor in attracting people to the new suburb. The significance is local, under architecture.","period_of_significance":"1900--","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition listed as excellent; original site; still used as a residence. Porch and other details are hidden by a high wooden fence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.010606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/9693/40969362/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001844.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001844/4b8e33a2d7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001844/4b8e33a2d7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wishoski_House.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:Wishoski_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969362","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/wisnoski-house-84001844/"}