Charles Heard
CHARLES P. AND SALLIE G. HEARD HOME
Historical marker application.
...The house was designed by John Martin, a well known architect who designed many of the homes in McKinney during the 1890 period and as late as 1910....
In designing his houses, John Martin made wide use of the many facets of Queen Anne style, sometimes using towers, sometimes a modified version of this feature, but always his houses were characterized by the intricate detailing of the woodwork trim along the eaves and the porches, which were built in an asymmetrical composition.
The house was built in 1893 by Charles P. Heard and his wife Sallie Lee Galbreath Heard on the lot he bought in the W. A. Rhea Addition, a part of the old William Davis Survey. This William Davis and his wife Margaret, gave the land for the new County Seat that was to be laid out and to become McKinney. (1848) The house is on the northeast corner of College and Hunt Streets. The land was purchased February 23, 1893 and work began on the house that year.
The Heard family has always been leaders in every philanthropic endeavor since pioneer days, the family coming to live in McKinney in 1862 when young Charles was only ten years old.
The microfilmed newspaper, The McKinney Democrat of April 1, 1937, wrote about Charles P. Heard at his death:
“Born in Van Buren, Arkansas in September of 1853, Charles P. Heard was the son of a big land owner there. The family migrated to Texas in 1862, where the father became an extensive land owner again. The father, Charles C. Heard was murdered by two Negro men while he was passing through the Indian Territory.”
At the time of his death Charles P. Heard was the oldest communicant in point of continuous membership in the First Methodist Church....Under the leadership and help of Charles this fine red brick structure was made possible.
He was a cotton buyer and broker at a time that Collin County was one of the richest cotton areas of Texas; in fact Cotton Was King and the people associated with it in any way prospered. He was a fine business man. The newspaper (1937) said at the time of his death, “He was a man of decided and strong convictions and spoke his sentiments on all civic and moral matters.”
The family operated the old City Hotel at the corner of West Virginia and Church Streets, the most popular hostelery of the era, a place where social activities such as balls and political celebrations were held from 1862 until well into the 1880s.
Charles C. Heard married Harriett, a daughter of Jonathan Allen who was one of Collin County’s earliest pioneers. They had 10 children, Charles P. Heard was their youngest....
Charles P. Heard and his wife Sallie Galbreath Heard had four children, John P., Erwin, Arthur Field, and Elizabeth. After the passing of the parents, Elizabeth Heard Wright made this her home as long as she lived.
Historical marker application.
...The house was designed by John Martin, a well known architect who designed many of the homes in McKinney during the 1890 period and as late as 1910....
In designing his houses, John Martin made wide use of the many facets of Queen Anne style, sometimes using towers, sometimes a modified version of this feature, but always his houses were characterized by the intricate detailing of the woodwork trim along the eaves and the porches, which were built in an asymmetrical composition.
The house was built in 1893 by Charles P. Heard and his wife Sallie Lee Galbreath Heard on the lot he bought in the W. A. Rhea Addition, a part of the old William Davis Survey. This William Davis and his wife Margaret, gave the land for the new County Seat that was to be laid out and to become McKinney. (1848) The house is on the northeast corner of College and Hunt Streets. The land was purchased February 23, 1893 and work began on the house that year.
The Heard family has always been leaders in every philanthropic endeavor since pioneer days, the family coming to live in McKinney in 1862 when young Charles was only ten years old.
The microfilmed newspaper, The McKinney Democrat of April 1, 1937, wrote about Charles P. Heard at his death:
“Born in Van Buren, Arkansas in September of 1853, Charles P. Heard was the son of a big land owner there. The family migrated to Texas in 1862, where the father became an extensive land owner again. The father, Charles C. Heard was murdered by two Negro men while he was passing through the Indian Territory.”
At the time of his death Charles P. Heard was the oldest communicant in point of continuous membership in the First Methodist Church....Under the leadership and help of Charles this fine red brick structure was made possible.
He was a cotton buyer and broker at a time that Collin County was one of the richest cotton areas of Texas; in fact Cotton Was King and the people associated with it in any way prospered. He was a fine business man. The newspaper (1937) said at the time of his death, “He was a man of decided and strong convictions and spoke his sentiments on all civic and moral matters.”
The family operated the old City Hotel at the corner of West Virginia and Church Streets, the most popular hostelery of the era, a place where social activities such as balls and political celebrations were held from 1862 until well into the 1880s.
Charles C. Heard married Harriett, a daughter of Jonathan Allen who was one of Collin County’s earliest pioneers. They had 10 children, Charles P. Heard was their youngest....
Charles P. Heard and his wife Sallie Galbreath Heard had four children, John P., Erwin, Arthur Field, and Elizabeth. After the passing of the parents, Elizabeth Heard Wright made this her home as long as she lived.
