{"nrhp_refnum":"87001666","name":"Brown, John R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"509 N. Church","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.201765616000046,"lon":-96.61762222299996,"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 two-story frame house at 509 N. Church in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, built about 1905 for local businessman John R. Brown. It sits in a residential area of mostly early 20th-century houses about six blocks north of the central business district.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of McKinney's best illustrations of an early 20th-century house, reflecting the nationally popular architectural forms that prominent local citizens adopted. It also shows some Classical Revival detailing. Its Sullivanesque frieze, which extends around the house, is noted as a rare detail in Texas.","narrative":"Built about 1905 for local businessman John R. Brown, this two-story frame house at 509 N. Church in McKinney reflects the architectural tastes of the town's prominent citizens in the early twentieth century. It has an asymmetrical plan, weatherboard siding, a hip roof with box eaves, and double-hung windows. A six-bay porch with Tuscan columns wraps the south and east sides, and an inset second-story porch has paired colonettes. Stained glass and a medallion within the pediment over the porch entry add detail. A Sullivanesque frieze runs around the house, a feature the nomination describes as rarely found in Texas. The house is regarded as one of McKinney's best examples of the Popular architecture that spread across the nation at the time, though it also shows Classical Revival touches. A garage from about 1905 stands at the rear of the lot. The property was found to be in good condition and remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early 20th-century Popular architecture with Classical Revival detailing and a Sullivanesque frieze","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and in residential use; the form records a garage (c. 1905) at the rear of the lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.544499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/9685/40968517/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001666.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001666/d4c4bb5712-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001666/d4c4bb5712-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Geeklet42","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:509_N_Church_St,_McKinney,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Geeklet42</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:509_N_Church_St,_McKinney,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968517","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000749"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/brown-john-r-house-87001666/"}