NAMK: ADDRESS:. 1801 H e i •

COUNTY

CITY

BLOCK QUAD

q h t s B l v d .

LOT _ COUNTY _ CITY _ UTM:

6-7 H a r r i s

H o u s t o n

ARCHITECT/BUILDER:. HATF- C . 1 9 i n PERIOD: nwNFPPrnte-q-t'-ant E p i s c o p a l Church( c o n t )>TYI.F.: P.p. ROX 7417 H o u s t o n , TX 77008 THEME: DESCRIPTION -.^qnare, frame, 2-story house, h i p r o o f w i t h small, c e n t r a l dormers,

Oe n r n i p r t i o n s nn .qides, attached porch wraps t o one side .qnppnrf-pd by g a b l e prnjer-T-i on.^ cin .'-iiu.ca, a L LOLJIICU wx a^a u»i UXLS a.mc; battered £;-columns on b r i c k p i e r s , b r i c k steps, upper facade is'shingled"] gable over entrance i s ornamented, doorway has s i d e l i g h t s and transom.

BUILDING MATERIAL: wall: PHYSICAL c o N D i T i O N g o o d - q u a l , s j g n i f ,

ALTERATIONS:.

roof: SITE: originaL .or moved- .date_

ALTERATIONS: gj^^^TjpirAMrF-House i s good example of type i n t r a n s i t i o n from V i c t o r i a n t o 20th-re n t u r y .^ityleR. O r i g i n a l owner purchased p r o p e r t y i n 1910 f o r S20Q0. He wa.q Robert Burae, p r e s i d e n t of Burge Manufacturing Co.

AREA OF SIGNIFICANCE:. LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE:. DESIGNATION: NR NHL RTHL HABS HAER HESI HSI OTHER: ORIGINAL iKF- r e s i d e n c e P R E S E N T U S E : RELATIONSHIP TO siiRRnTTNTniNr.s-comer l o t , l ^ r g e y a r d ACREAGE/BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION:

residence-parsonage (cont)

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

INFORMANT:. PHOTO DATA: 1 - 35iTm

(rev. 6-79)

NPS Fonn 10-M0-* CM2)

0MB No. 1024-0O18 Exp. X) -31-84

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

National Register of Historic P laces inventory—Nomination Form

Continuation sheet

For HPS use only

received

te entered

Item number 4 , 7, 8 , 10 Page

Site No. 4

NAME Burge House ADDRESS iSUi Heights «/,

unknown ARCHITECT/BUILDER_ OlsfNER Edward Gil l e t t e , 1821 Harvard

Houston, Texas 77008

COUNTY CITY

Harris Houston

BLOCK "LOT

103 6-7

UTM Zone 15 E 268.190 N 3.299.050 DATE ca. 1910 PERIOD 1900--STYLE Colonial Revival/Bungaloid influences THEME

DESCRIPTION square, frame, two-story house; hip roof with small, central dormers; projecting gables on sides; attached porch wraps to one side, supported by battered half-columns on brick piers", r a i l s and balusters between piers; brick front steps; upper facade with two pairs of double windows, one-over-one lights, shingled second- story walls; ornamented gable end over entrance; doorway with sidelights and transom.

"Oof composition sit e : original x or moved date

Building material: wall clapboard Physical condition good-significant

Alterations none SIGNIFICANCE good example of transitional type between Victorian-period styles and 20th-century buildings. Original owner purchased property in 1910 for $2000: he was Robert Burge, president of Burge Manufacturing Company.

Area of significance architecture Level of significance local DESIGNATION: NR NHL RTHL HABS HAER HESI HSI OTHER ORIGINAL USE residence PRESENT USE residence RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDINGS comer log; large, well-kept yard in residential setting.

ACREAGE/BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION_ BIBLIOGRAPHY ~_ RECORDED BY K. L. London DATE

less than one acre

INFORMANT April 2. 1980 PHOTO DATA 1 - 35 mm.. Tex. Hist. Commission

NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0018 (3-«2) Exp. 10-31-84

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS use only

National Register off Historic P laces Inventory—Nomination Form

received

date entered

Continuation sheet Item numkter Page '

Multiple Resource Area d n r - l l Thematic Group

Name Houston Heights M u l t i p l e Resource Area State Texas

Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature

1. All Saints Roman Catholic Ch^(^^^ Ig^lfe "/Keeper 0^'^">^^'<i-'f^*y.<-^

National Retleter Attest

2. Allbach House Bttbstantive Kev... y^^^^^^ .AcCc^f^Cx.-^-^'t.^A/i^

Attest

3. Banta House latarwl In tlM f^T^eper

Attest Rational Regleter

Eirtered I n tKa 4. Borgstrom House MtloLl Register Tf^eper rA^^^^i^^V^^y^^

Attest

5. Building at 430 Harvard Street rlCeeper Kntared la I National Raffeter Attest

6. Burge House Entered in tlifi A'K^eper r\L<M'^^^-.4_,^/^?^<^ national Re«lBt«r ^

-AI t£St_

7. Bu.nett House p Q g ^ Q W N E R ^ O B J E ^ f t S N 4 ^ ^ ^ ^ "

Attest

8. Cole, Judge Robert L. , House Keeper f2.fr^-S^/Ci..^.^Cri.\ ^PjJi.

~:g£/OV;NER CBJECTIQN d ^ Attest

,V 9. Coop, Dr. B. F., House ^^^^^'Se^^rteT. Keeper .<7<LU^^/i-y<^ ^A^/i^^

Attest

10. Countryman House Entered I n the |^lteeper ( ^ A - V ^ j National Register

Attest

NATIONAL R E G I S T E R OF H I S T O R I C P L A C E S ^VAUIATION / RETURN SHE

National Pvk

Burge House (Houston Heights MRA) Horris.C ounty • • . TEXAS „

. . i MAY 9 1983 Working H"o. F«d. R«fl. DaU: ^ ^ - T - f ^ Date Due: / : / 2 ^ / j ^ Action: U - ^ r r ^ o r ^ A V r ^

1. resubmission Sntarad in tito RETURN nomination by person or local government '* ionn^ »?ft««r»i- R E J E C T own«r ebjsction Federal Agsncy: appsei

Substantivs Rsvisw: ^_sampls . _ r e q u s s t appssi NR dscision

Reviewer's comments:

Rscom. /Criterls Ravl*<wr D i s c i p l i n e Date

centlnustlon shsst

•Nominstlon returned for: tschnicsl corrsctions dtsd below .^substant ive reasons discusssd below

1. Name

2. Locat ion

3. Classi f icat ion

4. Ownor of Property

S . Location of Logal Doscription

6. Pepresentation in Existing Surveys

7. Doscription

summsry psrsgrsph compistsnsss cisrity sitsrstions/intsgrity dstss boundar aniactlon

8. Significance

summary paragraph completeness clari ty 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. Ma jo 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

0,fmm UMT

11. Form Prepared By

12. State Histor ic Preservat ion Off icer Cer t i f i ca t ion nH evaiiMlad ai nMlGenca of ttiie pvoparty spHMn Vie ems lo-

13. Other

Maps Photographs Other

Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to

Signed ^— D a t e _ _ Phone: 202 272 - 3 5 0 4

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

Please refer to the map in the

Multiple Property Cover Sheet

for this property

Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000847