{"nrhp_refnum":"87001663","name":"Board-Everett House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"507 N. Bradley","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.20224099100005,"lon":-96.62361579999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-10-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story frame L-plan dwelling at 507 N. Bradley in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, dated to about 1890 and believed to have been built by Forest Oak Board.","why_significant":"The house is cited under architecture as one of McKinney's premier examples of an L-plan dwelling. The L-plan is one of the most common vernacular house forms in the city, and this house is one of the best preserved. Its small inset balcony above the front entrance is a distinctive feature.","narrative":"This one-and-a-half-story frame house at 507 N. Bradley in McKinney, Texas, dates to about 1890. It follows an L plan and has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, box eaves, and wood double-hung windows. A three-bay shed-roofed porch on the front elevation has turned-wood posts, squared balusters, and jigsawn brackets, with an inset second-story porch above, a shed dormer, and geometric detailing in the gable end. Forest Oak Board, who served as city secretary and as city tax assessor and collector from the 1890s through at least 1910, is believed to have built it. In 1893 Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Everett became owners and kept the property until 1934. The house was listed for its architecture. It is regarded as one of the city's premier examples of the L-plan dwelling, a common vernacular form in McKinney, and as one of the best preserved. Its small inset balcony above the entrance is a distinctive feature. The house has been moved and remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (Forest Oak Board, city secretary and tax assessor-collector, is believed to have built the house)","architectural_style":"L-plan dwelling","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is described as excellent. The house has been moved from its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.982566-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/9685/40968565/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001663.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001663/59407aee81-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001663/59407aee81-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BoardEverettHouse1.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:BoardEverettHouse1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968565","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001772"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/board-everett-house-87001663/"}