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E. W. Kirkpatrick House - McKinney

Located at 903 Parker Street in McKinney. The house and barn are on the National Register of Historic Places.  It is also a Texas Historic Farm.

 E. W. KIRKPATRICK HOUSE


E. W. KIRKPATRICK (1844-1924), A VETERAN OF THE

CONFEDERATE ARMY AND A PROMINENT LEADER

IN BUSINESS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS,

PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN THE 1870s AS A

SITE FOR HIS PROSPEROUS PLANT NURSERY.

THIS SPACIOUS QUEEN ANNE STYLE HOUSE AND

A NEARBY BARN WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 1902-1902.

CYPRESS SIDING WAS HAULED BY WAGON FROM

JEFFERSON FOR THE EXTERIOR OF THE MULTI-

STORIED RESIDENCE. KIRKPATRICK'S

DESCENDANTS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY AND

PRESERVE THE STRUCTURE.
Texas Historical marker, 1976.