{"nrhp_refnum":"87002251","name":"House at 1435 Heights Boulevard","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1435 Heights Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.79755242500005,"lon":-95.39832802699999,"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 house at 1435 Heights Boulevard in Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1903 by William A. Wilson, with a hipped roof and wraparound porch.","why_significant":"It is a vernacular house with Queen Anne influence and is one of the best preserved and most intact examples from the early development of the Houston Heights neighborhood. It represents the upper middle-class houses that once lined Heights Boulevard, where the developer controlled building through deed restrictions. It was built with an identical neighbor at 1437 Heights as rental property for Rev. Benjamin A. Rogers.","narrative":"Built in 1903 on the west side of Heights Boulevard in Houston, this two-story frame house rests on brick piers beneath a hipped roof with a closed gable at the front southeast corner. A one-story porch with a pent roof and seven Doric columns on square pedestals runs across the east front and wraps around to the south. Paired one-over-one windows, a paneled door with a transom, and a shingled gable with a rectangular vent are among its details, and one exterior brick chimney rises on the west side. The house reflects vernacular building with Queen Anne influence. It was built by William A. Wilson for Rev. Benjamin A. Rogers as rental property, using the same design as its neighbor at 1437 Heights, and the pair are known locally as the twins. Heights Boulevard lots were governed by developer deed restrictions as early as 1893. The house is valued as one of the best preserved examples of the neighborhood's early middle-class housing.","period_of_significance":"1900 -","architect_builder":"William A. Wilson","architectural_style":"Vernacular with Queen Anne influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as excellent; present use is residence. Front porch balusters were replaced and original columns remounted on wooden pedestals in 1984.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.55189-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/9694/40969408/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87002251.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002251/44675c840d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002251/44675c840d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_1435_Heights_Blvd_(HDR).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas</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:House_at_1435_Heights_Blvd_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969408","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002132"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/house-at-1435-heights-boulevard-87002251/"}