{"nrhp_refnum":"87001739","name":"McKinney Cotton Compress Plant","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 blk. Throckmorton","address_restricted":false,"city":"McKinney","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.20047002700005,"lon":-96.60650273699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A cotton compress complex at the 300 block of Throckmorton Street in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, built in 1914 on about 9.7 acres in a mostly industrial area northeast of the central business district.","why_significant":"The reviewer accepted the plant as commercially significant under Criterion A for its association with the locally important cotton industry. Its continuous operation since 1914 illustrates the role cotton production and processing played in the growth and development of McKinney. The resubmission explained that later alterations are compatible with the property's historic character.","narrative":"This cotton compress plant in the 300 block of Throckmorton Street, McKinney, was built in 1914 after the company abandoned its older facility in the 400 block of East Hunt Street, where it had operated by 1892. The complex is a large group of adjoined frame warehouses sheathed in corrugated metal, with gable roofs and some industrial clerestories, used to store cotton bales. A steam-powered Webb 80 compress sits in a three-story tower; it replaced a Webb 90 that burned in 1975 and came originally from a Houston compress. Other contributing elements include a cast-iron water tower, a frame office and classroom, two sheds and a warehouse from about 1935. Several modern warehouses were added, designed to resemble the older buildings. The property was listed for its commercial significance, because its continuous operation since 1914 shows how cotton production and processing shaped the growth of McKinney.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Condition fair and altered with new equipment and three modern buildings; still used as a cotton compress at the time of the 1985 survey.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.911129-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/9686/40968619/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001739.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968619","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/mckinney-cotton-compress-plant-87001739/"}