{"nrhp_refnum":"87001717","name":"House at 1303 W. Louisiana","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1303 W. Louisiana","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.196731095000075,"lon":-96.62784035699997,"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 dwelling with a modified L plan at 1303 W. Louisiana in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, built around 1900 (estimated). The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its architecture. It illustrates how McKinney builders applied Queen Anne-style ornamentation to vernacular plan types. The shingled gable end and angled window bay at the northwest corner are singled out as noteworthy, and the house is described as one of the city's finest of its kind.","narrative":"Built around 1900 about ten blocks west of McKinney's central business district, this one-and-a-half-story frame house at 1303 W. Louisiana follows a modified L plan. It has drop siding, a hip roof with gables, box eaves, and wood double-hung windows. A two-bay hip-roofed porch wraps around the north and east sides, with box supports and chamfered balusters. Decorative details include shingled gable faces, segmental-arched windows, denticulation, jig-sawn brackets, sunburst motifs, and hipped dormers. A rectangular bay window projects from the northwest corner. The house was recognized for its architecture. Many of McKinney's late nineteenth-century builders applied Queen Anne-style ornamentation to ordinary vernacular house plans, and this dwelling is an excellent illustration of that practice. The shingled gable end and angled corner bay are particularly noteworthy. Although many McKinney houses share similar detailing, this is described as one of the city's finest. It stands in a neighborhood of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century houses and remains in residential use in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Modified L-plan dwelling (vernacular plan with Queen Anne-style ornamentation)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and in residential use; the form gives both original and present use as residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.930873-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/9685/40968585/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001717.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001717/9b94fcfbd7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001717/9b94fcfbd7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Geeklet42","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1303_W_Louisiana,_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:1303_W_Louisiana,_McKinney,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968585","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000755"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/house-at-1303-w-louisiana-87001717/"}