National Register of Historic Places listings in outer Harris County, Texas

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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in outer Harris County, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in outer portion of Harris County, Texas, United States, defined as outside the I-610 loop. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates."[1]

Included is a cluster of seven current listings in the historic black neighborhood of Independence Heights, Houston. Another cluster of three listings are NASA structures at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

Contents: NRHP listings by area in Harris County  
downtown Houston - Houston Heights - inner Harris County - outer Harris County
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 21, 2022.[2]


Current listings[]

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Apollo Mission Control Center
Apollo Mission Control Center
October 3, 1985
(#85002815)
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Flight Center
29°33′29″N 95°05′18″W / 29.558056°N 95.088333°W / 29.558056; -95.088333 (Apollo Mission Control Center)
Houston
2 Armand Bayou Archeological District
Armand Bayou Archeological District
December 12, 1978
(#78002952)
Address Restricted
Pasadena
3 Barker-Cypress Archeological Site (41HR436) April 24, 1984
(#84001753)
Address Restricted
Houston
4 March 2, 1979
(#79002952)
Address Restricted
Baytown
5 Ben C. and Jenetter Cyrus House
Ben C. and Jenetter Cyrus House
June 4, 1997
(#97000549)
325 E. 25th St.
29°49′05″N 95°23′33″W / 29.818056°N 95.3925°W / 29.818056; -95.3925 (Ben C. and Jenetter Cyrus House)
Houston
6
Harris County Boy's School Site
May 2, 1979
(#79002961)
Address Restricted
Houston It is an archeological site with middens and burials.[5]
7 Houston Municipal Airport Terminal
Houston Municipal Airport Terminal
March 6, 2019
(#100003488)
8325 Travelair Rd.
29°38′49″N 95°17′10″W / 29.647030°N 95.286222°W / 29.647030; -95.286222 (Houston Municipal Airport Terminal)
Houston
8 Houston National Cemetery
Houston National Cemetery
February 28, 2017
(#100000697)
10410 Veterans Memorial Dr.
29°55′51″N 95°27′02″W / 29.930902°N 95.450636°W / 29.930902; -95.450636 (Houston National Cemetery)
Houston
9 Independence Heights Residential Historic District
Independence Heights Residential Historic District
June 4, 1997
(#97000542)
Roughly bounded by N. Yale and E. 34th Sts., and I-610
29°48′54″N 95°23′45″W / 29.815°N 95.395833°W / 29.815; -95.395833 (Independence Heights Residential Historic District)
Houston Independence Heights
10 Independence Park
Independence Park
June 4, 1997
(#97000544)
Roughly bounded by 1000 Blk. of E. 40th St.
29°49′21″N 95°23′11″W / 29.8225°N 95.386389°W / 29.8225; -95.386389 (Independence Park)
Houston
11 Charles Johnson House
Charles Johnson House
June 4, 1997
(#97000550)
301 E. 35th St.
29°49′05″N 95°23′45″W / 29.818056°N 95.395833°W / 29.818056; -95.395833 (Charles Johnson House)
Houston Independence Heights
12 Ella Lewis Store and Rental Houses
Ella Lewis Store and Rental Houses
June 4, 1997
(#97000543)
3404-3406-3408 Cortlandt St.
29°49′02″N 95°23′44″W / 29.817222°N 95.395556°W / 29.817222; -95.395556 (Ella Lewis Store and Rental Houses)
Houston Independence Heights
13 Oscar Lindsay House
Oscar Lindsay House
June 4, 1997
(#97000546)
7415 N. Main St.
29°49′02″N 95°23′34″W / 29.817222°N 95.392778°W / 29.817222; -95.392778 (Oscar Lindsay House)
Houston Independence Heights
14 William Mackey House June 4, 1997
(#97000547)
313 E. 37th St.
29°49′12″N 95°23′43″W / 29.819881°N 95.395298°W / 29.819881; -95.395298 (William Mackey House)
Houston Independence Heights
15 May 22, 1978
(#78002945)
Address Restricted
Houston
16
Morgan's Point Historic District
September 30, 1994
(#94001160)
89-835 Bayridge Rd. and 300-322 Vinsonia
29°40′13″N 94°59′39″W / 29.670278°N 94.994167°W / 29.670278; -94.994167 (Morgan's Point Historic District)
Morgan's Point
17 May 1, 2003
(#03000329)
202 and 204 S. Main St.
29°42′38″N 95°12′35″W / 29.710580°N 95.209785°W / 29.710580; -95.209785 (Pomeroy Homestead)
Pasadena
18 San Jacinto Battlefield
San Jacinto Battlefield
October 15, 1966
(#66000815)
22 mi (35 km). E of Houston on TX 134
29°44′56″N 95°04′49″W / 29.748889°N 95.080278°W / 29.748889; -95.080278 (San Jacinto Battlefield)
Houston
19 Saturn V Launch Vehicle
Saturn V Launch Vehicle
February 4, 2003
(#02001731)
Johnson Space Center
29°33′26″N 95°05′20″W / 29.557222°N 95.088889°W / 29.557222; -95.088889 (Saturn V Launch Vehicle)
Houston
20 Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
October 3, 1985
(#85002810)
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
29°33′38″N 95°05′17″W / 29.560556°N 95.088056°W / 29.560556; -95.088056 (Space Environment Simulation Laboratory)
Houston
21
State Highway 35 Bridge at the West Fork of the San Jacinto River
October 10, 1996
(#96001110)
US 59, 1.4 mi (2.3 km). N of jct. with FM 1960
30°01′39″N 95°15′28″W / 30.0275°N 95.257778°W / 30.0275; -95.257778 (State Highway 35 Bridge at the West Fork of the San Jacinto River)
Humble
22
Sterling S. Ross House
October 29, 1982
(#82004858)
515 Bayridge Rd.
29°40′07″N 94°59′42″W / 29.668611°N 94.995°W / 29.668611; -94.995 (Sterling S. Ross House)
Morgan's Point
23
Dr. James M. and Dove Stewart House
February 16, 1996
(#96000067)
5702 Fourth St.
29°47′21″N 95°49′21″W / 29.789167°N 95.8225°W / 29.789167; -95.8225 (Dr. James M. and Dove Stewart House)
Katy
24
Sylvan Beach Pavilion
September 9, 2010
(#10000738)
554 N Bayshore Dr.
29°39′04″N 95°00′38″W / 29.651111°N 95.010556°W / 29.651111; -95.010556 (Sylvan Beach Pavilion)
La Porte
25 U.S.S. TEXAS
U.S.S. TEXAS
December 8, 1976
(#76002039)
22 mi (35 km). E of Houston on TX 134 at San Jacinto Battleground
29°45′21″N 95°05′22″W / 29.755833°N 95.089444°W / 29.755833; -95.089444 (U.S.S. TEXAS)
Houston
26
Walker House
April 10, 2012
(#12000195)
3534 Miramar Dr.
29°37′09″N 95°00′14″W / 29.619264°N 95.00389°W / 29.619264; -95.00389 (Walker House)
Shoreacres
27 Washburn Tunnel
Washburn Tunnel
April 16, 2008
(#08000316)
3198 Washburn Tunnel
29°43′35″N 95°12′43″W / 29.726389°N 95.211944°W / 29.726389; -95.211944 (Washburn Tunnel)
Pasadena
28
James M. and Jessie West Mansion
August 19, 1994
(#94001015)
3303 NASA Rd. 1
29°33′37″N 95°04′28″W / 29.560278°N 95.074444°W / 29.560278; -95.074444 (James M. and Jessie West Mansion)
Pasadena Demolished in 2019[6][7]
29 Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery
Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery
October 22, 2004
(#04001174)
1101 Antoine
29°47′18″N 95°28′41″W / 29.788333°N 95.478056°W / 29.788333; -95.478056 (Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery)
Houston
30 February 27, 1997
(#97000202)
18202 Theiss Mail Rd.
30°01′49″N 95°32′54″W / 30.030278°N 95.548333°W / 30.030278; -95.548333 (Peter and Sophie Wunderlich Farm)
Klein
31
Wunsche Bros. Saloon and Hotel
February 16, 1984
(#84001849)
103 Midway St.
30°04′44″N 95°25′03″W / 30.078889°N 95.4175°W / 30.078889; -95.4175 (Wunsche Bros. Saloon and Hotel)
Spring

Former listings[]

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 November 15, 1978
(#78002941)
Unknown 2219 Dowling St.
29°44′24″N 95°21′37″W / 29.740107°N 95.360225°W / 29.740107; -95.360225 (Dr. B. J. Covington House)
Houston Dowling Street renamed to Emancipation Avenue in 2017.[8]
2 General Mercantile Store
General Mercantile Store
June 4, 1997
(#97000545)
August 18, 2014 7322 N. Main St.
29°49′01″N 95°23′33″W / 29.816944°N 95.3925°W / 29.816944; -95.3925 (General Mercantile Store)
Houston
3 Bill Mraz Dance Hall March 5, 1998
(#98000219)
December 22, 2004 835 W. 34th Street
29°49′00″N 95°24′57″W / 29.816674°N 95.415761°W / 29.816674; -95.415761 (Bill Mraz Dance Hall)
Houston Destroyed by fire in October 2004[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  5. ^ Lawrence E. Aten. "Harris County Boys School Site". Texas State Historical Association.
  6. ^ "Mayor: City 'bound by law' to approve West Mansion demolition". 22 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Historic West Mansion on Clear Lake is razed". 22 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Houston's Dowling Street to be Renamed Emancipation Avenue". 12 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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