{"nrhp_refnum":"96000275","name":"Stevenson, Joseph R. and Mary M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"804 Harold St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.741428090000056,"lon":-95.38913498899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Industry","Engineering","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Craftsman-style house with Prairie School influences at 804 Harold Street in the Montrose Addition of Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1915 and designed by Joseph R. Stevenson with E. L. Crain as builder.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an exceptional example of Craftsman architecture with Prairie School influences, designed by Joseph R. Stevenson and built by noted builder E. L. Crain. It is also associated with Stevenson, co-founder of the Fortune 500 company Stewart & Stevenson, who lived there during the company's formative years. It also reflects the early development of the Montrose neighborhood.","narrative":"Built in 1915 on the northwest corner of Harold and Stanford Streets in Houston's Montrose Addition, this two-story stucco house reflects the Craftsman movement with Prairie School influences. Its four-square plan, wrapping one-story porch, glazed second-floor sleeping porch, low roofs with wide eaves and exposed rafter ends, and false timbering in the gables are its notable features. Joseph R. Stevenson, co-founder of Stewart & Stevenson, designed the house for his family, paying for it with his wife Mary's inheritance. E. L. Crain, founder of the Crain Ready-Cut House Company, built it. The Stevensons lived there from 1915 until after World War II. A 1933 addition matched the original design, and later changes were limited, leaving the house with good integrity. The property is tied both to Stevenson's business career and to the early growth of Montrose, a planned residential development begun in the early 1910s.","period_of_significance":"1915-1945","architect_builder":"Stevenson, Joseph R., Designer / Crain, E.L., Builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/Craftsman","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as structurally sound and in excellent condition, and still in use as a single dwelling. The owner is restoring the 1933 addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.310938-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/9724/40972458/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96000275.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000275/4f0fc0f0c0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000275/4f0fc0f0c0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos._R._%26_Mary_M._Stevenson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA</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:Jos._R._%26_Mary_M._Stevenson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972458","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002209"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/stevenson-joseph-r-and-mary-m-house-96000275/"}