{"nrhp_refnum":"87001721","name":"House at 704 Parker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"704 Parker","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.19265919000003,"lon":-96.62237341799994,"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-story frame L-plan dwelling at 704 Parker in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, dated to about 1895. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The L-plan was the most popular house type built in McKinney in the 1880s and 1890s. Many examples survive, but this house is among the best and most intact. Its front projecting wing with a window bay and its turned wood posts with simple jigsawn brackets are noted as especially noteworthy.","narrative":"Built around 1895 in a residential area of mostly late nineteenth-century houses about five blocks southwest of McKinney's central business district, this one-story frame house follows the L-plan form. It has weatherboard siding, a gable roof with box eaves, and wood-sash double-hung windows. A two-bay porch with a shed roof, turned wood posts, squared balusters and jigsawn brackets marks the east side. Hipped bay windows with paneled facing project from the east wing, and a bay window with angled corners and jigsawn brackets appears on the north side. During the 1880s and 1890s the L-plan was the most popular house type built in McKinney. Many such houses still stand, but reviewers judged this one among the best and most intact examples. Its front projecting wing and the turned posts with simple brackets were singled out as noteworthy. It was listed for its architectural value in 1987 as part of a citywide group of McKinney resources, and it remains in residential use in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"L-plan dwelling","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good, and the 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 02:54:21.173527-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/9685/40968575/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001721.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001721/844894556f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001721/844894556f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Beckyquilts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:704_Parker,_McKinney,_Texas.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Beckyquilts</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:704_Parker,_McKinney,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968575","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000760"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/house-at-704-parker-87001721/"}