{"nrhp_refnum":"90001043","name":"House at 1222 Harvard Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1222 Harvard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.793442103000075,"lon":-95.39616151499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-07-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame dwelling at 1222 Harvard Street in the Houston Heights area of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1907. It has a modified L-plan and was moved from its original site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is highly illustrative of Queen Anne style influence on speculative residences in Houston Heights at the turn of the century. It was built on a lot bought in 1906 by Roy L. Whitehead, then Harris County attorney, whose optimism about the area's growth was typical of the suburb's developers. It reflects the simplicity and craftsmanship of speculative houses built in the Heights in this period.","narrative":"This one-story frame house at 1222 Harvard Street in Houston Heights was built in 1907. It has a modified L-plan, clapboard siding, a hipped roof with an intersecting gable, and a two-bay porch with turned-wood posts and a square-wood balustrade. The west gable is closed by a pent roof and detailed with imbricated wood shingles, and the windows are wood two-over-two sash. The foundation is cypress beams on brick piers. Roy L. Whitehead, then county attorney for Harris County, bought the lot and an adjoining one in 1906, and houses on both were finished within three years of each other. The house had many short-term owners; the longest occupation, from 1925 to 1930, was by building contractor William H. Collins and his wife Anna, who kept it as an investment afterward. It is listed as an example of Queen Anne influence on speculative housing in the Heights around 1900, and for the craftsmanship of that building type. It remains a residence in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular/Queen Anne influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as excellent; present use is residence; the building has been moved from its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.6767-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/9694/40969414/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001043.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001043/466c415014-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001043/466c415014-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, US","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_1222_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:House_at_1222_Harvard_St.,_Houston_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969414","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001080"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/house-at-1222-harvard-street-90001043/"}