{"nrhp_refnum":"87002246","name":"Durham, Jay L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"921 Heights Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.788203932000044,"lon":-95.38652218999994,"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 two-story frame Queen Anne house at 921 Heights Boulevard in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston, Texas, built in 1903 by developer William A. Wilson for Jay L. Durham.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a typical and unusually intact example of upper-middle-class housing in the Heights in the early 20th century. It is also tied to Jay L. Durham, who served as the first Fire Chief of the Houston Heights Fire Department from 1911 to 1915. Its significance is classed as local, under architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1903 on Heights Boulevard in Houston, this two-story frame house is a Queen Anne dwelling raised on brick piers. It has a hipped roof with an intersecting gable, a one-story wraparound porch with turned columns and balusters, and an octagonal turret topped with a finial that dominates the front. Fish-scale shingles and classical detailing decorate the turret and gables. William A. Wilson, a prominent developer of the Heights, built it for Jay L. Durham. Durham was active in religious and fraternal organizations, served as an officer of the Model Carriage Company, and was the first Fire Chief of the Houston Heights Fire Department from 1911 to 1915. The house is considered typical of the upper-middle-class homes built in the neighborhood in the early twentieth century, and it is notable for its unusually intact and well-preserved architectural features. A rear addition from the 1940s and a 1982 garage are the main changes noted.","period_of_significance":"1900 -","architect_builder":"William A. Wilson","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition rated excellent; used as a residence. A 1982 garage is noted as non-contributing and a rear addition dates from the 1940s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.395511-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/9693/40969366/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87002246.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002246/ba76f7375b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002246/ba76f7375b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, TX","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jay_L._Durham_House_921_Heights_Blvd_Houston_(HDR).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Uthman, Houston, TX</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:Jay_L._Durham_House_921_Heights_Blvd_Houston_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969366","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002177"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/durham-jay-l-house-87002246/"}