National Register of Historic Places - Texas (TX), Harris County

Harris County Texas (Page 6) has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Union Station, Washburn Tunnel, Washburn Tunnel and West, James and Jessie, Mansion and Union Transfer and Storage Building.

Several famous people are associated with these Harris County historic places including West, James Marion, Sr., Slaughter, Margaret, et al. and Earl Wilson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Harris County places including Warren & Wetmore, Palmer & Baker, Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp., Joseph Finger, Samuel H. Webber, A. LeBrun Metcalf, P.H. Fredericks, Silas D. Wilkins, Brown, Russell, et al. and Alexander Potter. Prominent architectural styles found in Harris Country are Colonial Revival, Queen Anne and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Union Station (added 1977 - - #77001448)

501 Crawford St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Warren & Wetmore

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related

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Union Transfer and Storage Building (added 2001 - - #00001665)

Also known as Vine Street Studios

1113 Vine St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Professional

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Upchurch House (added 1983 - - #83004482)

301 E. 14th St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Ward House (added 1983 - - #83004483)

323 W. 17th St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Washburn Tunnel (added 2008 - - #08000316)

3100 Federal Rd. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Palmer & Baker, Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Washburn Tunnel (added 2008 - - #08000316)

3100 Federal Rd. , Pasadena

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Palmer & Baker, Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Webber House (added 1984 - - #84001829)

1011 Heights Blvd. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Webber,Samuel H.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Webber, Samuel H., House (added 1983 - - #83004484)

407 Heights Blvd. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Webber,Samuel H.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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West Eleventh Place Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000317)

1--8 W. 11th Pl. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Northrop, Joseph W.,Jr.

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Slaughter, Margaret, et al.

Significant Year:

1925, 1939, 1920

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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West, James and Jessie, Mansion (added 1994 - - #94001015)

Also known as Lunar Science Institute;Lunar and Planetary Institute

3303 NASA Rd. 1 , Pasadena

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Finger, Joseph

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Historic Person:

West, James Marion, Sr.

Significant Year:

1930, 1929

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Westmoreland Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000859)

Also known as Westmoreland Addition; See Also:Dawson, James A., House;Heyn

Bounded by Hawthorne, Burlington and Marshall Aves., and Garott St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Metcalf, A. LeBrun, Brown, Russell, et al.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Wilkins House (added 1984 - - #84001831)

1541 Ashland St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Williams-Brueder House (added 1983 - - #83004485)

245 W. 18th St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cowen,Thomas M.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Willow Street Pump Station (added 2004 - - #04000547)

Also known as City Street Cleaning and Sewage Pumping Station

811 N. San Jacinto , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Public Works

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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Wilson House (added 1984 - - #84001841)

1206 Cortlandt St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Wilson,Earl

Significant Year:

1907

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Wimberly House (added 1984 - - #84001843)

703 Harvard St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

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Wisnoski House (added 1984 - - #84001844)

1651 Columbia St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Woodard House (added 1984 - - #84001847)

740 Rutlant St. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery (added 2004 - - #04001174)

1101 Antoine , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dionicio Rodriguez

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Art

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

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Woodward House (added 1983 - - #83004486)

1605 Heights Blvd. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Finn,Alfred

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Wray, Andrew Jackson and Margaret Cullinan, House (added 1993 - - #93000844)

Also known as Wray House

3 Remington Ln. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fredericks,P.H., Staub,John F.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Wunderlich, Peter and Sophie, Farm (added 1997 - - #97000202)

18202 Theiss Mail Rd. , Klein

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

European, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Wunsche Bros. Saloon and Hotel (added 1984 - - #84001849)

Also known as Spring Cafe;Wunsche Bros. Cafe & Saloon

103 Midway St. , Spring

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

More Information:

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Zagst House (added 1983 - - #83004674)

347 W. Twentieth Ave. , Houston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling