National Register Listing

Borgstrom House

1401 Cortlandt St., Houston, TX

Excellent example of early cottage-type in Heights.Built by Gustaf Borgstrom, a tailor by profession, for his family.

Local significance of the building:
Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.