{"nrhp_refnum":"87002243","name":"Burlingame, George L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1238 Harvard","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.79398312400008,"lon":-95.39617440599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-01-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame bungalow at 1238 Harvard in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1914 by contractor George L. Burlingame as his own residence.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a remarkably intact example of the Bungalow style with excellent bungaloid features. It is unusual among the modest, middle-income housing of the Heights. The reviewer accepted it as significant at the local level as a representative example of the Bungalow style.","narrative":"Built in 1914 at 1238 Harvard in the Houston Heights, this one-story frame bungalow was constructed by its owner, contractor George L. Burlingame, as his own home. He lived there for more than thirty years. The house sits on brick piers and has a hipped roof that flares over wide eave overhangs and a full-width front porch. Four tapered box columns with curved brackets rest on cast stone piers, and a wooden balustrade of square balusters connects them, with an open center leading to the steps. Decorative windows with vertical glazed bars flank a paneled door with a large upper light. A gabled dormer above has a tripartite window. The house is described as unusual among the modest, middle-income housing nearby and as a remarkably intact example of the Bungalow style. The only recorded change is the balustrade, replaced in kind in 1981. A rear garage reached by a side driveway does not contribute. It was listed for its architecture at the local level.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"George L. Burlingame","architectural_style":"Bungalow","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Physical condition excellent; present use is residence. No alterations except the balustrade, replaced in kind in 1981. The rear garage is noted as non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.277329-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/9692/40969234/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87002243.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002243/e4d60f6830-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002243/e4d60f6830-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, US","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_L._Burlingame_House,_1238_Harvard_St,_Houston_(HDR).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, US</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:George_L._Burlingame_House,_1238_Harvard_St,_Houston_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969234","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001048"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/burlingame-george-l-house-87002243/"}