Joe E. Dulaney Cottage - McKinney
Located at 311 South Chestnut Street in McKinney. This house is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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THE DULANEY COTTAGE
A SURGEON IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, DR. JOSEPH E. DULANEY (D. 1877) CAME TO McKINNEY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND MARRIED LUCY ANN FIELD (1844-1941), DAUGHTER OF COLLIN COUNTY PIONEERS. IN 1875 HE BUILT THIS VICTORIAN HOME WITH ITS NUMEROUS GABLES AND FINE PORCH DETAILING. MRS. DULANEY LIVED HERE UNTIL 1910 WITH HER CHILDREN. CORINNE (D. 1960) AND JOSEPH FIELD DULANEY (D. 1968), A PHARMACIST WHO DONATED THE LAND ACROSS THE STREET FOR A PUBLIC LIBRARY. Texas Historical marker, 1977. |
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