National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Houston, Texas
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__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in Harris County, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the
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Number of listings by area

The properties are distributed across Harris County. There is a concentration in "Downtown Houston", defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10,
Interstate 45 Interstate 45 (I-45) is a major Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Texas. While most Interstate routes which have numbers ending in "5" are cross-country north–south routes, I-45 is comparatively short, with the ...
, and Interstate 69. More than 100 are in the "Houston Heights" neighborhood whose borders are, approximately, Highway I-10 on the South, I-610 on the North, 45 on the East and Durham on the West. The "inner Harris County" area is defined as the rest of the area within the Interstate 610 loop; "outer Harris County" is defined as the rest of Harris County. There are no listings at all in a few of Houston's exclaves, which extend even beyond the Harris County borders.


See also

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and re ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas These historic properties and districts in the state of Texas are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Properties and/or districts are listed in most of Texas's 254 counties. The tables linked below are intended to provide a comp ...
* Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Harris County


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University of Houston Digital Library: vintage photo of the Houston Cotton Exchange Building in the early 20th−century
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