{"nrhp_refnum":"87001681","name":"Cline-Bass House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"804 Tucker","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.20283088100007,"lon":-96.62617406599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one- and two-story frame dwelling at 804 Tucker in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, dating to about 1895, in a residential area northwest of the central business district.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion B for its association with J.D. Bass, who founded and ran the city's most successful and longest-operating locally owned cotton brokerage. Cotton drove much of McKinney's late 19th- and early 20th-century growth, and brokers like Bass were central to that industry. The house was not nominated for architectural merit because of significant alterations.","narrative":"This frame house at 804 Tucker in McKinney, Texas, was built around 1895 and later enlarged with a large two-story addition on the front. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, shed dormers, and a porch with turned wood posts, a balustrade and a spindled frieze. Inside is a finely crafted spiral staircase. Local tradition says part of the house predates the Civil War, but no exterior evidence supports that. Its importance lies in its link to J.D. Bass, who bought it in 1902. Bass founded and ran what was the city's most successful and longest-operating locally owned cotton brokerage. Cotton fueled much of McKinney's growth in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and brokers such as Bass played a vital role in that economy. The house stayed in the Bass family until 1967. Because of alterations, it was recognized for this association rather than for its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and used as a residence; the house has been altered significantly over the years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.241302-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/9686/40968615/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001681.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001681/3a54844c77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001681/3a54844c77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Geeklet42","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:804_Tucker,_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:804_Tucker,_McKinney,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968615","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001812"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/cline-bass-house-87001681/"}