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One of 316 National Register listings published here for Harris County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sterling, Ross,S., House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 515 Bayridge Rd., Morgan's Point, 77571
- When was it listed? October 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Southeast Harris
- Architectural style. Georgian Revival architecture
- Architect. Alfred C. Finn
- National Register reference number. 82004858 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sterling, Ross,S., House between 1992 and 2015, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | TXPTBEACH |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DYGLIESHA JEFFERSON |
| 12 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | TPHATFIELD |
| 31 July 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge | TP CATTLE |
| 4 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C15-13570 |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sterling, Ross,S., House: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Perlite, Perlite, Vermiculite, Halite, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Exxon Baytown Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Cedar Point Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1938 | |
| Filter Media Inc | Perlite, Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Laporte Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan's Point Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1994 | |
 | Sylvan Beach Pavilion | 1.4 miles | 2010 |
 | Walker House | 3.3 miles | 2012 |
| K'nesseth Israel Synagogue | 4.8 miles | 2024 | |
 | San Jacinto Battlefield | 7.5 miles | 1966 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82004858 in Record Group 79. |
| Harris County | All 316 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.