Marker Inscription
THIS HOUSE, THE ONLY ONE OF GEORGIAN REVIVAL STYLE IN COURTLANDT PLACE, IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY RESIDENTIAL WORK OF FORT WORTH FIRM SANGUINET AND STAATS. THE RED BRICK VENEERED HOUSE FEATURES A FRONT ENTRY PORTICO WITH FULL ENTABLATURE SUPPORTED BY SLENDER COLUMNS WITH COMPOSITE CAPITALS. UNDERWOOD NAZRO, HIS WIFE CLARA, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN LIVED HERE FROM 1916-28. NAZRO WAS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE GULF OIL COMPANY AND ALSO DID BUSINESS IN FINANCE AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. BANKER IKE McFARLAND AND HIS WIFE, PRESERVATIONIST MAE WYNN McFARLAND, LIVED HERE FROM 1940-69.
About this site
Underwood and Clara Nazro House is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 2012. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7432, -95.3857 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jones-Hunt House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Baker-Jones House, Donoghue, Thomas J. and Mary, and Taylor, Judson L., House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017099. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
