Research · a naming table
The Building’s Names
Ten names in ninety years. Only the two “Masonic Temple” names were given by the people who used the building; every later name marks a new owner, tenant, or creditor.
| Name | First documented | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Masonic Hall / Masonic Temple, Eleventh and Harvard | 1916 / 1918 | The first hall, pre-1930 |
| Reagan Masonic Temple | 1930 | The lodge’s own name; migrated to 1606 Heights Blvd by 1966 |
| Heights Masonic Temple | 1932 | Used by co-tenant lodges into the 1980s |
| Legal Reserve Building | Aug. 1940 | Home Life Assurance’s branding after the 1939 purchase |
| 1102 Apartments | 1946–47 | Directory heading for the war-worker apartments |
| Reagan Hall / Melrose Temple / Memorial Temple | 1961 / 1963 / 1982 | Names given by tenant Masonic bodies |
| Harvard House | Jan. 1981 | Rental name, then the 1982–86 conversion name; in 1985 the declarant (Harvard House, a Texas joint venture) and the association it created (Harvard House Condominium Association, Inc.; Harris County File No. K060751) |
| Harvard Place | June 1985 | Second marketing name; Harvard Place Inc took title in 1992; on the building’s sign in 2019 |
| Harvard Place Lofts / Harvard Lofts | 2000 | The Silvestri renovation’s marketing names |
| Harvard House Condominiums | 2000s | Listing-portal name |