Dowell, Willis & James House - McKinney
700 W. Virginia
700 W. Virginia
Built in 1905 by Willis Dowell, who came to McKinney in 1856 at the age of four, and his wife Susan Thomas Dowell. Their son, James P. Dowell, was a prominent McKinney cotton broker. One consignment of cotton, headed for Liverpool, England, sank when the Lusitania was torpedoes by a German submarine in 1915. He and his wife, Christelle Oneil Dowell occupied the house from 1932 to 1978.
Occupied by the third generation of Dowell’s, this one-story, hipped roof, craftsman-style frame home has tow large porches supported by large square columns resting on closed porch railings. The home has eight rooms and three fireplaces. The floors are hardwood and pine.
Occupied by the third generation of Dowell’s, this one-story, hipped roof, craftsman-style frame home has tow large porches supported by large square columns resting on closed porch railings. The home has eight rooms and three fireplaces. The floors are hardwood and pine.
JAMES P. DOWELL HOUSE
Pending Historical marker.
700 West Virginia Street, McKinney. The house is a one-story, hipped roof, craftsman-style frame house with two large porches supported by large square columns resting on closed porch railings. It has eight rooms and three fireplaces. The floors are hardwood and pine. It is now occupied by the third generation of Dowells to have lived in the house, James P. Dowell and his wife Pat Cox Dowell, who restored the house in 1980.
The house was built in 1905 for Willis Dowell who came to McKinney in 1856 at the age of four and his wife Susan Thomas Dowell.
His son James P. Dowell was a McKinney cotton broker whose consignment of cotton headed for Liverpool, England, sank when the Lusitania was torpedoes by a German submarine in 1915. He and his wife Christelle Oneil Dowell occupied the house from 1932 to 1978.
