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Howell House - McKinney

Located at 909 Howell Street and Barnes Street at Bradley Street in McKinney.

 THE HOWELL HOUSE


OCCUPIED BY FOUR GENERATIONS OF

THE SAME FAMILY, THIS STRUCTURE

STANDS ON PROPERTY GRANTED IN

1845 TO EDWARD BRADLEY (1787-1855),

A MEMBER OF THE PETERS COLONY.

HIS DAUGHTER MARY ANN (1820-1878)

INHERITED THE LAND. HER HUSBAND,

MERCHANT DANIEL HOWELL (1821-1878),

BUILT THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS

RESIDENCE IN 1861-62. MUCH OF THE

CYPRESS LUMBER WAS HAULED BY

WAGON FROM JEFFERSON. OVER THE

YEARS, ADDITIONS AND REMODELING

HAVE ENLARGED THE HISTORIC HOUSE.
Texas Historical marker, 1978.