Gillette House
301-303 E. 15th St., Houston, TXGood example of simple cottages built in early years of Heights for the rising middle-class population. The original owner of this house, James Gillette, was an attorney. Configuration of house is unusual with side ell apparently original or added at a very early date.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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