Faires, F. C., House

Located at 505 S. Chestnut in McKinney, Texas, this one-and-a-half-story frame house was built around 1910 by F.C. Faires, who worked for W.R. Hill and Co., a local gasoline distributing firm. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with composition shingles and box eaves, and wood double-hung windows. The main entrance has a single door with a transom and sidelights. A six-bay porch with a hip roof wraps the south and west sides, supported by Doric columns and fitted with a battered balustrade. A dormer rises on the front elevation, and classical detailing appears around the doors and windows. The house is considered significant for its architecture. It is regarded as a rare local example of a hip-roofed bungalow, an early Popular house form built in McKinney during the 1910s, combined with Classical Revival detail. It stands on its original site in a residential area of mostly turn-of-the-century houses, about three blocks south of the county government complex. Its condition was recorded as good in 1985.