National Register Listing

Houston Public Library

a.k.a. Heights Branch

1302 Heights Blvd., Houston, TX

Architecturally significant because of its unusual style for this area. Built by the people of the Heights in conjunction with the Houston Public Library. Focus on neighborhoods in the 1920s and 1930s.

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.