{"nrhp_refnum":"87001713","name":"Hill, John B., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"605 N. College","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.20291688100008,"lon":-96.62123781799994,"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 605 N. College in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, built around 1900 and listed as part of a multiple-resource nomination of McKinney's historic buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a good local example of a very common house type in McKinney. It was built for John B. Hill, co-owner of the Hill & Webb Grain Elevator Co., which is itself listed in the McKinney group.","narrative":"Located at 605 N. College in McKinney, Texas, this one-and-a-half-story frame house dates from about 1900 and sits in a residential area northwest of the central business district. It has a modified L-shaped plan, weatherboard siding, and a hip roof with gables covered in composition shingles. Wood double-hung windows, a single-door entrance with a transom, and imbricated shingles in the gable ends and on the dormer add detail. A six-bay shed-roof porch with Doric columns wraps the south and east sides. The house was built for John B. Hill, co-owner of the Hill & Webb Grain Elevator Co., which stood at Louisiana and Greenville streets. It was recognized as a good local example of a very common house type in McKinney. The architect or builder is unknown. In 1987 the owners restored the exterior, focusing on the porch, where spindled, jigsawn and turned woodwork was installed. The house remains in residential use and is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is described as good and the house is still in residential use. The owners completed an exterior restoration in 1987, mostly on the porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.79412-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/9685/40968525/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001713.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001713/98ddc1178d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001713/98ddc1178d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Geeklet42","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:605_N_College_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:605_N_College_St,_McKinney,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968525","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001768"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/hill-john-b-house-87001713/"}