{"nrhp_refnum":"87001662","name":"Bingham, John H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"800 S. Chestnut","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.19015585000005,"lon":-96.61407613399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame I-house at 800 S. Chestnut in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, built in 1883 for John H. Bingham, with a one-story smokehouse behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as one of the most outstanding examples of an I-house in McKinney. The reviewer accepted it under Criterion C after commercial significance claims tied to Bingham's newspaper career were removed. Its porch detailing resembles that of the Johnson House three blocks north.","narrative":"Built in 1883 at 800 S. Chestnut in McKinney, this two-story frame house follows the I-house form, with a center-passage plan two rooms deep, weatherboard siding and a gable roof. A three-bay shed-roof porch runs across the east elevation, supported by paired colossal box columns. Details include dentils and classical brackets in the cornice, classical door and window surrounds, interior and exterior brick chimneys with corbeled caps, and a rear ell. A one-story smokehouse behind the house contributes to the property. John H. Bingham, a Confederate veteran, built it in the same year he had a brick commercial building erected on West Louisiana. He owned the McKinney Enquirer and published it from 1869 until 1898. His widow, Eliza Graves Bingham, lived in the house until 1927. The house was listed for its architecture, as one of the most outstanding I-houses in the city, with porch detailing similar to the nearby Johnson House.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"I-house dwelling","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present condition is listed as good in one field, while the narrative says the house remains in fair condition with only a few alterations affecting integrity. It is in residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.44917-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/9685/40968555/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001662.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001662/8d1157c71a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001662/8d1157c71a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnHBinghamHouse1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnHBinghamHouse1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968555","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000773"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/bingham-john-h-house-87001662/"}