{"nrhp_refnum":"87001707","name":"Ferguson, John H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"607 N. Church","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.20284709500004,"lon":-96.61759290099997,"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 house at 607 N. Church Street in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, built about 1914-1915 by John H. Ferguson, vice-president of the Central State Bank. It sits in a residential area of mostly early 20th-century houses about six blocks north of the central business district.","why_significant":"The house is cited as one of the most unique early 20th-century houses in McKinney. It combines Prairie, bungalow and Queen Anne characteristics, showing how architectural tastes of the period were eclectic. Its deep overhanging eaves, tapered porch piers, porch planter and tapered foundations point to Prairie and bungalow influence.","narrative":"This one-and-a-half-story frame house at 607 N. Church Street in McKinney, Texas, was built around 1914 by John H. Ferguson, vice-president of the Central State Bank. It has an asymmetrical plan, weatherboard siding, and a clipped gable roof with box eaves. An eight-bay porch wraps around a front-projecting wing, supported by paneled box columns, and a broken pediment gable rises above a gable on the porch. Wide overhanging eaves carry geometric patterning, and brick chimneys have corbeled caps, one of them on the exterior. The house was recognized for its mix of styles. Deep eaves, tapered porch piers, a porch planter and tapered foundations show Prairie and bungalow influence, while Queen Anne characteristics also appear. The inventory describes it as one of the most distinctive early 20th-century houses in McKinney and an example of the eclectic tastes of the period. It remains in residential use in good condition, in a neighborhood of mostly early 1900s homes north of downtown.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown; built by John H. Ferguson per the inventory form","architectural_style":"Prairie/bungalow influence with Queen Anne characteristics","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; present use is residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.065498-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/9685/40968523/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001707.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001707/33d48a0e0e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001707/33d48a0e0e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Susan Bartley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_H._Ferguson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Susan Bartley</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:John_H._Ferguson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968523","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000754"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/ferguson-john-h-house-87001707/"}