{"nrhp_refnum":"87002258","name":"Shoaf, John H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2030 Arlington","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.80502510900004,"lon":-95.39416199699997,"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 house at 2030 Arlington in Houston Heights, Houston, Harris County, Texas, built around 1912. The builder is unknown and the house is still used as a residence.","why_significant":"The house is considered a typical example of the middle-income homes built in Houston Heights in the early 20th century. It is noteworthy for the builder's attention to detail, such as flared gable eaves, 20-over-1 windows and corner eave brackets. Its strong Craftsman details with some Colonial Revival influence add to otherwise simple domestic architecture.","narrative":"This one-story frame house at 2030 Arlington in Houston Heights was built around 1912. It faces west and rests on brick piers beneath a side-gabled roof. An inset, open front porch with four Doric columns shelters two of the three bays, and a shed-roof dormer with paired multi-light windows rises from the roof slope. Wood double-hung windows with 20-over-1 sashes appear throughout, and triple gables on the south side carry corner eave brackets. John H. Shoaf, a retired cotton planter from Caldwell County, Texas, bought the tract in 1910 and is believed to have built the house. In 1919 it was sold to Daisy and Charles E. Shively. The house is regarded as typical of the middle-income homes built in the Heights in the early twentieth century, with Craftsman details, some Colonial Revival influence, and careful workmanship in its flared eaves and windows. It remains a residence in good condition.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Craftsman with Colonial Revival influence","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Physical condition is stated as good; original and present use is residence. Two front porch columns were replaced in 1968 to match the originals, and porch railings of questionable authenticity were removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.816153-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/9693/40969308/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87002258.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002258/23d09bacc8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002258/23d09bacc8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Shoaf_House,_Houston,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Shoaf_House,_Houston,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969308","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001063"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/shoaf-john-h-house-87002258/"}