Nairn, Forrest A., House
1148 Heights Blvd., Houston, TXThe Nairn House is significant because it is one of the few such houses built in the Heights of brick during the early 20th century. The house stayed in the Nairn family for 61 years with the original plan almost perfectly intact.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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.