{"nrhp_refnum":"87001706","name":"Faires-Bell House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S side Chestnut Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.19464143700003,"lon":-96.61288189199996,"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-story frame Greek Revival house in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, built about 1854 for blacksmith John Faires. It was moved about one block southeast in 1973 and now stands on the south side of Chestnut Square.","why_significant":"It is the oldest extant structure in McKinney and the city's only example of Greek Revival architecture. Its pedimented portico, center-passage plan and symmetrical composition illustrate a style popular in Texas in the mid-19th century. The reviewer judged the new setting, a mostly residential area of late 19th-century houses, appropriate despite the move.","narrative":"Built about 1854 for John Faires, a blacksmith, this one-story frame house is the oldest surviving structure in McKinney, Texas. It has a center-passage plan, weatherboard siding, a gable roof with box eaves, six-over-six wood windows, and a single-door entrance with transom and sidelights. A gabled entry portico and a shed-roofed porch with squared wood balusters and columns face north, and an exterior brick chimney and a rear ell complete the form. The house originally stood at 305 S. Tennessee and faced west. In 1973 it was moved about one block southeast to make way for a new county courthouse, and it now faces north in a mostly residential area of late 19th-century houses. It is the city's only example of Greek Revival architecture, a style popular in Texas during the mid-19th century. It was given to the Women's Guild in 1975, and the guild operates it as a museum.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival detailing","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; moved in 1973 and given to the Women's Guild in 1975, which uses it as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.1284-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/9685/40968553/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001706.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001706/fb5188f165-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001706/fb5188f165-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FairesBellHouse1.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:FairesBellHouse1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968553","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321835"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/faires-bell-house-87001706/"}