{"nrhp_refnum":"87001737","name":"King, Mrs. J. C., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 W. Louisiana","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.19653350900006,"lon":-96.60811145899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house at 405 W. Louisiana in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, estimated to have been built in 1926, with a brick garage and a gazebo on the lot.","why_significant":"The house is a variation on the American four-square type, which was popular across the country in the early 20th century. Its brick walls and elaborate details are unusual for houses of this type. The oversized brackets and classically detailed entablature are especially noteworthy. It is described as one of the best local examples of a house with American four-square features.","narrative":"Built around 1926 at 405 W. Louisiana in McKinney, Texas, this two-story house is a local example of the American four-square type. It has buff-brick facing, a hip roof, jigsawn brackets, a four-bay porch with brick columns, a dormer with columns and a parapet, and segmental and round-arched windows arranged in repeating patterns on the north side. Four-square houses of the early twentieth century were usually frame buildings with low-pitched hip roofs. This one departs from that pattern with brick walls and elaborate detailing, including oversized brackets, a classically detailed entablature and ogee-curved porch column capitals. It was recognized as one of the best local examples of a house with four-square features. A brick garage and a gazebo with brick columns, built of the same brick as the house, also appear on the 1927 Sanborn map and are presumed to date from about 1926. The gazebo is described as a particularly rare survival. The house stands in a residential area of mostly turn-of-the-century homes, about two blocks west of downtown.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"American four-square influences","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential and condition is listed as excellent. The garage and gazebo retain their historic integrity and do not appear significantly altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.017865-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/9685/40968531/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001737.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968531","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001818"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/king-mrs-j-c-house-87001737/"}