National Register of Historic Places

Harris, Ethel Wilson, House

San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Listed
April 2, 2001
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
01000325

About this property

The Ethel Wilson Harris House is a house built in 1956 located in what is now the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, outside the perimeter walls of the Mission San Jose, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It is a Modern Movement or Wrightian architecture style house built in 1956, designed by Robert Harris. The house was documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey and is listed in the NRHP for its architecture. It is a two-story frame, stone and concrete house, approximately 2,000 square feet (190 m2) in area, that is quite like a Usonian house. It was a home of artist and conservationist Ethel Wilson Harris. Harris was a supervisor of Arts & Crafts projects for the Works Progress Administration in San Antonio. Two of her tile murals are on the San Antonio River Walk.

Location

6519 San Jose Dr.-San Antonio Missions NHP
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
29.36342, -98.48000

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

San Jose Mission National Historic Site
Colonial
0 mi
Mission Parkway
Colonial
0.4 mi
Mission Concepcion
Colonial
2 mi
Wright, L. T., House
Industrial
2.2 mi
Yturri-Edmunds House
Civil War
2.4 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Concepción
1835Early Republic
1.1 mi
Grass Fight (1835)
1835Early Republic
2.5 mi
Battle of Concepción (October 28, 1835)
1835Early Republic
3.6 mi

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When was Harris, Ethel Wilson, House listed on the National Register?

Harris, Ethel Wilson, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 2001.

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Harris, Ethel Wilson, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Harris, Ethel Wilson, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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