Historic Place

House at 1517 Cortland Street

Houston · Harris County · Dedicated 1983 · THC Atlas #2083004446

The landmarks the nation chose to remember.

Marker Inscription

Architecture

About this site

House at 1517 Cortland Street is a historic place in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 190 historic places documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7988, -95.3958 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gillette House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lindenburg, Emil, House, and Milroy-Muller House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083004446. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The house at 1517 Cortlandt Street is one of the individually documented residences of the Houston Heights, a streetcar suburb laid out in the 1890s. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Historic Resources of Houston Heights multiple-property submission.

Sources: atlas.thc.texas.gov en.wikipedia.org

📍 29.7988, -95.3958 · Houston, Harris County

Directions (Apple)Google Maps View map

Get Texas Roam — all 28,000 sites in your pocket

See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum and landmark across Texas on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and check in as you roam.

or open the live map in your browser →Free · ad-free · the iOS app and the web map share one account, so your visits sync across both

Nearby in Harris County

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Lindenburg, Emil, House

Houston · 1988

Historical Marker

Heights Church of Christ

Morris, Glenn W., House

Houston · 1990