{"nrhp_refnum":"97000546","name":"Lindsay, Oscar, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7415 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.817494811000074,"lon":-95.39301081699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Bungalow/Craftsman house built around 1920 at 7415 North Main in the Independence Heights community of Houston, Harris County, Texas.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Oscar Lindsay, a local businessman and one of three city officials of Independence Heights. It is one of the most intact properties linked to him and one of the few remaining buildings associated with a city official. It is significant locally under Criterion A in the area of Ethnic Heritage (Black).","narrative":"Built around 1920 on North Main Street, the principal thoroughfare of Independence Heights in Houston, this one-story bungalow sits on concrete piers under a large asphalt-shingled gable roof with jerkinhead gables at the front and side. An inset porch with two decorative iron columns shelters the central door, and the original-looking one-over-one wooden windows remain, though the walls are covered in asbestos shingles of unknown date. The house was the home of Oscar Lindsay, who ran a cleaning and pressing shop, a barber shop and an ice cream parlor, the last operated from his front yard to catch passing traffic. He also served as city plumber, one of only three public workers the city of Independence Heights supported regularly. Lindsay's overlapping ventures reflect a pattern common among Black business owners, who favored low overhead and small investments. The house is valued as an intact reminder of the community's early Black heritage and of its civic leadership.","period_of_significance":"c. 1920-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, with alterations that appear to date to the period of significance; still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.949747-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/9694/40969485/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97000546.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000546/50537a4180-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000546/50537a4180-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Lindsay_House_Houston_(HDR).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:Oscar_Lindsay_House_Houston_(HDR).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969485","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Lindsay_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60750150"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/lindsay-oscar-house-97000546/"}