Kennedy, Marshall W., House
1122 Harvard, Houston, TXThe Kennedy House is a vernacular house with elements of Queen Anne and Eastlake styles. It is one of the finest examples of this combination of styles and features in a two-story house found in the Heights. The scale and massing indicate a house of a prosperous individual. M.W. Kennedy was a builder and carpenter who
constructed this house for his residence.
Descendants of Kennedy lived here until 1960.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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.