COUNTY

CITY QUAD BLOCK

NAME:

ARCHITECT/BUILDER: OWNER Houston J r . Forum, I n c .

LOT _ COUNTY _ CITY: _ UTM:

22

H a r r i s Houston

DATE:_ STYLE:

1906 PERIOD:

P.O. ROX 13502 Houston, TX 77019 THFMF-nF.sr.RiPTinv-Victorian, frame, 2-storv. combiriation r o o f w i t h several gable^.s^ attached porch wraps t o one side supported by turned posts, f l a t c u t f r e t w o r k and b a l u s t e r s , f r o n t door i s s i n g l e door w i t h transom; side door same, windows

BUILDING MATERIAL: wall: PHYSICALroNniTioN e x c e l l e n t

ALTERATIONS:.

roof:. SITE: originaL .or moved. .date.

sir.NiFicANrFWell-preserved example of r e l a t i v e l y simple, l a r g e , V i c t o r i a n s t r u c -tures b u i l t along the Boulevard. H i s t o r y of t h i s house has been d i f f i c u l t t o tr a c e , because of confusion i n deed records

AREA OF SIGNIFICANCE: LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: DESIGNATION: NR NHL RTHL HABS HAER HESI HSI OTHER: ORIGINAL USF: r e s i d e n c e P R E S E N T i i s F R e s a l e S h o p f o r H o u s t o n ( c o n t ) RELATIONSHIP TO s u R R O i i N n i N f ^ s l a r g e t r e e s ; w e l l - k e p t y a r d , i n c e n t e r n f b l o c k ACREAGE/BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION:

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA: SEE INFO/CORRESPONDENCE FILES: RECORDED BY:_ K L L DATE: 4 / 1 / 8 0

INFORMANT:-PHOTO DATA: 2 - 35im

(rev. 6-79)

NPS F o m 10-900-1 CM2)

OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

National Register of Historic P iaces Inventory—Nomination Form

For NPS use only

received

date entered

Continuation sheet Itemnumber 4 , 7, 8 , 10 Page 48

COUNTY CITY_ UTM "

Harris Houston

BLOCK "LOT

247 22

Zone 15 E 268.250 N 3.297.240

Site No. 48

NAME /-.-tv̂ -̂ -v-g ADDRESS 828 Heights Boulevai^ • A y -

ARCHITECT/BUILDER OIVNER Houston Jr. Forum. Inc.

P. 0. Box 15502. Houston. Texas 77019 DESCRIPTION Two-story frame house; hipped roof with several gables; attached porch wraps to one side, supported by turned posts with flatcut fretwork and balusters; single front door with transom: side door same; windows with two-over-two lights.

DATE 1906 PERIOD 1900-STYLE Queen Anne influence THEME

Building material: wall frame/clapboard roof composition Physical conditionexcellent-significant site: original_

Alterations none X or moved date

SIGNIFICANCE Well-preserved example of relatively simple, large structures b u i l t along Heights Boulevard. History of this house d i f f i c u l t to trace because of confusion in county deed records.

local Area of significance architecture Level of significance DESIGNATION: NR NHL RTHL HABS HAER HESI HSI OTHER ORIGINAL USE residence RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDINGS_ hinrk in residential neighborhood,

PRESENT USE resale shop for Houston Junior* Large trees in well-kept yard; in center of

ACREAGE/BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION BIBLIOGRAPHY

less than one acre

RECORDED BY K. L. London D-'̂TE April 1. 1980

INFORMANT PHOTO DATA 2 - 55 mm. . Tex. Hist. Commission

'̂ Forum

NPS Forni 10-900-t OMB No. 1024-0018 O-SZ) Exp. 10-31-84

United States Department off the Interior National Park Service

National Register off Historic P laces Inventory—Nomination Form

recei' sived

date entered

Continuation sheet Item number Page 4 ^ j .

Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group

Name Houston Heights Multiple Resource Area State Texas

Nomination/Type of Review Date/Sigiature

•*^51. House at 402 E. 11th Street-^^^^^ peeper ryUyL'^u...uJ$-j^^

Hational Regieter Attest

52. House at 505 W. 18th|t^ee^^^^^^^^^^^ Keeper f W ^

Attest

is-t-— » i Attest

54. House at 828 Heights Boulevard - ^ l ^ t e r ^ e p e r r T ^ L - ^ u ^ ^ A ^ y ^ ^/>^/^j?

Attest

Intared in tE« 55. House at 844 Columbia Street Nat ional ̂ Reg l s t e r ' ^^P^ ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ . . ^ y ^ y , . . ^ 6 / > / ^

Attest

56. House at 844 Cortlandt feferel Tn tfie /"deeper od^7*-^..^/^Ay /, ,

National Begleter Attest

60. Houston Heights Waterworks /^per 0^.-tw^^K

NATIONAL R E G I S T E R OF H I S T O R I C P L A C E S

NattoMl tat S«ntM

House at 828 Heights Boulevard (Houston Heights MRAj ^ HorrisCounty TEXAS .

rvsubmission nomination by person or local government own«r objection appeal

Substantive Review: sample request

£VAUJATION / RETURN SHE

m V. MAY 9 Worliing No. Fed. Reg. D«t«; J~7-^r Date Due: 4 J 9 / ^ 3 ^/i- > Action: _±r^CCEPT /̂ẑ /̂ ^

Sntered In t S s - . RETURN National EegletaB- R E J E C T

Federal Agency:

appeal NR decision

Reviewer's commenta:

Recom./Criteria Reviewer _ _ _ _ Discipline Date

continuation sheet

•Nomination returned lor: .technical corrections cited beiow .substantive reasons discussed below

1. Name

2. Locat ion

3. Classi f icat ion

4. Owner off Property

5. Location off Legal Description

6. Bepresentation in Existing Surveys

7. Description

summsry psrsgrsph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates

J j ^ , Signifficance

summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable cr i ter ia just i f icat ion of areas

checked relating significance to

the resource • context relationship of integri ty

to significance just i f icat ion of exception other

9. M a j o r B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l R e f e r e n c e s

10. Oeographical Data

UMT

11 • Form Prepared By

12, State Historic Preservation Offfficer Certiffication T̂ N vniuaiad algnMcanoe of Vila property wRMn ffw slits Isi

13. Other

Maps Photographs Other

Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to

Signed Date Phone: 202 272 - 3 5 0 4

Comments for any Item may be cont inued on an attached sheet

(Oct 1990)

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

REGISTRATION FORM

EIVEO tM

SEP 152003

1. NAME OF PROPERTY 1 ^T^'c ••• '--AA^

HISTORIC N A M E : 828 Heights Blvd (address correction, listed as OTHER NAME/SITE NUMBER: N/A

"825 Heights")

2. LOCATION

STREET & NUMBER: 828 Heights CITY OR TOWN: Houston

NOT FOR PUBLICATION: N/A VICINITY: N/A

STATE: Texas CODE: TX COUNTY: Harris CODE: 201 ZIP CODE: 77007-1506

3. STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION

As the designated authority' under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this (jc^nomination) ( request for determination of eligibility) meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the Nationai Register of Historic Piaces and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ( x_ meets) ( _ does not meet) the National Register criteria. I recommend that this njapmy be considered significant ( _ nationally) ( _ statewide) ( x locally). ( See continuation sheet for additional comments.)

Signature of certifying ofricial

State Historic Preservation Officer. Texas Historical Commission State or Federal agency and bureau

Date

In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ( See continuation sheet for additional comments.)

Signature of commenting or other official Date

State or Federal agency and bureau

4. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that this property is:

entered in the National Register _ See continuation sheet,

determined eligible for the National Register

Signature of the Keeper Date of Action

_ See continuation sheet determined not eligible for the National Register

reproved from the National Register

other (explain):

828 Heights Blvd. (address correction), Houston, Harris County, Texas Page 2

8. ST.4TEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

APPLICABLE NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA

_ A PROPERTY IS ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS THAT HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE BROAD

PATTERNS OF OUR HISTORY.

_ B PROPERTY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIVES OF PERSONS SIGNIFICANT IN OUR PAST.

X c PROPERTY EMBODIES THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TYPE, PERIOD, OR METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION

OR REPRESENTS THE WORK OF A MASTER, OR POSSESSES HIGH ARTISTIC VALUE, OR REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT

AND DISTINGUISHABLE ENTITY WHOSE COMPONENTS LACK INDIVIDUAL DISTINCTION. D PROPERTY HAS YIELDED, OR IS LIKELY TO YIELD, INFORMATION IMPORTANT IN PREHISTORY OR HISTORY.

CRITERIA CONSIDERATIONS: N/A

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE: Architecture

PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE: 1902

SIGNIFICANT DATES: 1902

SIGNIFICANT PERSON: N/A

CULTURAL AFFILIATION: N/A

ARCHITECT/BUILDER: Samuel W. Hawkens (on plans from Sears Roebuck)

NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

11. FORM PREPARED BY

NAME: Robert Deutsch

ORGANIZATION:

STREET & NUMBER: 828 Heights Blvd.

C n \ OR TOWN: Houston STATE: Texas

DATE: August 2003

TELEPHONE: (713) 864-0001

Z I P CODE: 77007-1506

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION

CONTINUATION SHEETS (Original nomination, page 8-3)

MAPS

PHOTOGRAPHS

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

PROPERTY OWNER

NAME: Robert Deutsch

STREET & NUMBER: 828 Heights Blvd.

ClT^ OR TOWN: Houston STATE: Texas

TELEPHONE: (713) 864-0001

Z I P CODE: 77007-1506

NPS Form 10-900-a 18-86)

OMB Approval No. 1024-0018

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet

Section 8 Page _3_ 828 Heights Blvd. (address correction)

Houston, Harris County, Texas

This nomination amendment serves to clarify errors made in 1983, when the home was listed in the National Register as 825 Heights. The correct address is 828 Heights. The actual date of construction is 1902, not 1906.

Figure 1: Nomination form for National Register (Prepared in 1980)

Site No. 48

NAME / ^ ^ r ) 7 ^ . ? ^ K / 7 = ^ \ A 7 / T ^ ADDRESS 828 lleiphts Boulevard

COUNTY Harris CITY UTM '

Houston BLOCK 7 "LOT 22

ARCHITECT/BUILDER Oh'NER Houston Jr. Forum. Inc.

Zone 15 F 268.2S0 K 3.297.240 DATE 1906 PEiUSS i^oo^

p. 0. Box 15502. Houston. Texas 77019 STV LE Queen Anne influence THEME

DE 5 CR I PT I ON Two-story fra.Tie house: hipped roof with several gables; attached porch wraps to one sidesupported by turned posts with f l a t c u t fretwork and balusters; single front "dOTM=̂ with transom: side door sarrc; windows with two-over-two lig^hts.

Building material: wallframe/clapboard roof composition Physical conditionexcelIcnt-sit-nificant s i t e : original^

Alterations none X or noved date

SIGNTFICA.NCE Well-preserved example of relatively simple. large structures built along Heights Boulevayd. History of this house difficult to trace because of confusion in rniinty Heed rcrords . ,

Area of significance architecture Level of significance DESIGNATIO.V: NR NHL RTHL liXBS ll\ER HESI HSI OTIIER ORIGINAL USE

local

jcesidenes REUTIO.VSIIIP TO SURROU.NUINGS hinrk in rf»«;iHf?ntial nei^'bhorhood.

_ PRESENT USE resale shop for Houston Junior* Laree trees i n well-kept yard: i n center of

ACKL.AGE/ BOUNDARY DESCR 1 Pl l ON SIBLIOGR-APIIY RECORDED BYJ DATE

less than one acre

K- L. London •April 1. I9SCI

*Foru!n

IM OlMANf PHOTO DATA 2 - 3 5 mm.. Tex. His t . Commission

Please refer to the map in the

Multiple Property Cover Sheet

for this property

Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000847