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Dowell, J. S., House

McKinney · Collin County · Dedicated 1987 · THC Atlas #2087001699

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About this site

Dowell, J. S., House is a historic place in McKinney, Collin County, dedicated in 1987. It is one of 44 historic places documented in Collin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 345 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.1931, -96.6224 near McKinney. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 704 Parker (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Beverly-Harris House, Coggins, J. R., House, and Howell House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2087001699. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The J. S. Dowell House at 700 West Virginia Street was built in 1905 for Willis Dowell, who had come to McKinney in 1856, and his wife Susan Thomas Dowell. The one-story hipped-roof Craftsman frame house has eight rooms and three fireplaces; the Dowells' son James P. Dowell became a prominent cotton broker whose consignment bound for Liverpool went down with the Lusitania in 1915. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the Historic Resources of McKinney.

Sources: collincountyhistory.com en.wikipedia.org

📍 33.1931, -96.6224 · McKinney, Collin County

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