Ethel Wilson Harris House

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.

Ethel Wilson Harris House
Ethel Wilson Harris House
Ethel Wilson Harris House
Location6519 San Jose Dr.--San Antonio Missions NHP, San Antonio, Texas
Coordinates29°21′47″N 98°28′47″W
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1956
ArchitectHarris, Robert
Architectural styleModern Movement, Wrightian
NRHP reference No.01000325[1]
Added to NRHPApril 3, 2001

The house was documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey and is listed in the NRHP for its architecture.[1]

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.[2][3]

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.[4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ethel Wilson Harris House". National Archives. Missing or empty |url= (help) (115 pages, including numerous photos and other documents, accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog)
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ethel Wilson Harris House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 19, 2017. (88 pages, including numerous photos and other documents) with two photos from 1989
  4. , page 40


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