{"nrhp_refnum":"97000317","name":"West Eleventh Place Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1--8 W. 11th Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.725408010000052,"lon":-95.39206260827665,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-04-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small private residential cul-de-sac in Houston's Rice University/Museum District, off Bissonnet Street, covering about 2.5 acres. It was developed in 1920-1925 as a \"private place\" neighborhood by architect Joseph W. Northrop, Jr. and his clients.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is one of Houston's most architecturally consistent and spatially coherent 1920s enclaves, with an architect-designed plan, houses and landscape. It is tied to Northrop's community planning, to additional work by Einar H. Stubee and William Ward Watkin, and to Dr. J. Willis Slaughter and Margaret Perkins Slaughter. The original residents also reflect the oil, cotton and timber wealth of 1920s Houston.","narrative":"West Eleventh Place is a tiny private cul-de-sac of eight houses in Houston's Rice University/Museum District, reached by a 15-foot-wide lane that ends in a green circular turnaround. Laid out in 1920 by architect Joseph W. Northrop, Jr. and his clients, it was built up mostly between 1921 and 1925. Houses face inward toward the circle, while garages and servants' quarters open onto rear service streets. Most are two-story, brick-veneered wood-frame homes in Colonial Revival styles, with a French Provincial house by William Ward Watkin and an Italianate villa by Einar Stubee. Brick entrance piers topped with urns mark the lane. The district is listed for its architecture, community planning and landscape design, and for the lives of Dr. J. Willis Slaughter and Margaret Perkins Slaughter. Its original residents included oil, cotton, lumber and insurance men. Two later houses and some rear buildings do not contribute, but the plan remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1920 - 1946","architect_builder":"Northrop, Joseph W., Jr.; Stubee, Einar H.; Watkin, William Ward","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival, Italian Renaissance","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as single-family residences; the district retains integrity, with 13 of 20 resources contributing and some later alterations and two post-World War II houses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.518358-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/9723/40972396/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97000317.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972396","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999715"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/west-eleventh-place-historic-district-97000317/"}