Thompson House

This one-and-a-half-story frame house at 1207 W. Louisiana in McKinney, Texas, was built around 1900 and follows a modified L plan. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, and wood double-hung windows. A four-bay porch with a shed roof wraps around the north and east sides, supported by squared Doric columns with wood balusters. Shingled gables with broken pent roofs and hipped dormers add detail, and a bay window with brackets and pendants faces west. The house sits in a residential area of mostly late 19th- and early 20th-century homes, about ten blocks west of the central business district. It was listed for its architecture. L-plan and modified L-plan houses were the dominant local vernacular form in the late 19th century, and this one is considered among McKinney's best examples. The original owner is unknown. F.M. Thompson owned it by 1909, and by 1924 C.M. Thompson, editor of the McKinney Examiner, was the owner. A 1985 survey found it in good condition and still residential.