{"nrhp_refnum":"87001718","name":"House at 201 N. Graves","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 N. Graves","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.198754707000035,"lon":-96.62993082199995,"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 1 1/2-story frame L-plan dwelling at 201 N. Graves in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, dated to about 1900. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as one of the best local examples of the L-plan, the dominant vernacular house type of late 19th-century McKinney. Despite conversion to offices, it retains virtually all of its original exterior detailing, including the turned wood porch frieze and brackets. The reviewer accepted it under Criterion C.","narrative":"Built around 1900 at 201 N. Graves in McKinney, this 1 1/2-story frame house follows the L-plan, the most common vernacular house type in the city in the late 19th century. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gabled extensions, box eaves with brackets, a gabled dormer, and wood double-hung windows. An L-shaped porch wraps the east and south sides, with turned-wood posts and a decorative frieze. Imbricated shingles and paired windows fill the gable ends. The house was listed because it is considered one of the best local examples of this house type. Although it has been converted to offices, it keeps nearly all of its original exterior detailing, and the porch frieze and brackets remain in good condition. It sits in a mixed residential and commercial area of mostly early and mid 20th-century houses, and the form notes it is not on its original site. The designer and builder are unknown.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"L-plan dwelling (vernacular)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is commercial offices; condition is described as good to fair and virtually unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.171444-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/9685/40968571/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001718.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968571","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001809"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/house-at-201-n-graves-87001718/"}