{"nrhp_refnum":"87001712","name":"Hill, Ben, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"509 Tucker","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.20233514200004,"lon":-96.62854714899998,"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 bungalow with brick veneer at 509 Tucker in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, built about 1915 by an unknown architect or builder, with a two-story brick garage/apartment behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most outstanding early 20th-century residences in McKinney and among the earliest bungalows in the city. It was built for Ben Hill, manager of the Hill & Webb Grain Elevator, and is described as finely crafted and virtually unaltered. The reviewer accepted it under Criterion C.","narrative":"This two-story bungalow at 509 Tucker in McKinney, Texas, dates to about 1915. It is a frame house covered in brick veneer, with a multi-gable roof, exposed rafter ends, wide eaves, and wood double-hung windows with six-over-one lights, often grouped in twos or threes. The north side has a three-bay porch with gable roofs and broad brick piers, and the west side has a multi-sided bay window. Behind the house, to the southwest, a two-story brick garage and apartment building repeats the detailing and also survives virtually unchanged. The house was built for Ben Hill, manager of the Hill & Webb Grain Elevator, and by 1925 it was owned by Tom O. Scott, who was affiliated with the Collin County National Bank. It sits on its original site in a residential area of mostly early 20th-century houses, about three blocks northwest of the central business district. It was recognized for its architecture as one of McKinney's finest early residences and among its earliest bungalows. Its condition is excellent and it remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present condition is described as excellent and virtually unaltered; 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 02:54:21.363511-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/9685/40968535/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001712.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001712/0c7500b490-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001712/0c7500b490-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Geeklet42","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:509_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:509_Tucker,_McKinney,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968535","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001815"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/hill-ben-house-87001712/"}