{"nrhp_refnum":"87002244","name":"Clare, J. H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"939 Arlington","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.788422540000056,"lon":-95.39438722499995,"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 vernacular dwelling at 939 Arlington in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1904 by J. H. Clare.","why_significant":"The house is described as an early-20th-century dwelling remarkably intact for the housing stock of the Heights. Its decorative gable features make it a distinctive example of transitional Queen Anne vernacular building. It is significant at the local level in the area of architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1904 for J. H. Clare, this one-story frame house at 939 Arlington in the Houston Heights sits on brick piers and faces east. A hipped roof covers the main block, with a gable-front section at the northeast corner. The three-bay facade has 2-over-2 windows and a wooden door with a multi-paned upper window and transom. A porch with tapered box columns on brick piers and a wooden balustrade covers the first two bays. The gable is closed by a pent roof, with fish-scale shingles surrounding a narrow window and decorative shingles in the gable eave. It is considered remarkably intact for the housing stock of the Heights and a distinctive example of transitional Queen Anne vernacular building. Clare bought the neighboring lot in 1906, sold half of it that year, and sold the property in 1907 to Englebert J. Schmitz, who lived there for a number of years. The house still stands among similar houses of its period and design.","period_of_significance":"1900 -","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular (Transitional Queen Anne)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good; the house remains in residential use. A 1950s rear garage is noted as non-contributing, and the porch may have been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.161275-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/9694/40969402/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87002244.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969402","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/clare-j-h-house-87002244/"}