John Martin House - McKinney
Located at 805 Howell Street at Parker Street in McKinney. This house is called the J. R. Coggins house on the National Register of Historic Places.
JOHN MARTIN HOUSE
JOHN M. MARTIN (b. 1859), A MEMBER OF AN EARLY COLLIN COUNTY FAMILY, WAS A LOCAL ARCHITECT AND BUILDER WHO ERECTED THIS HOUSE FOR HIM- SELF ABOUT 1880. THE STRUCTURE EXHIBITS ELEMENTS OF THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE, INCLUDING ASYMMETRICAL MASSING, WALL SURFACES OF VARIOUS MATERIALS, AND AN OCTAGONAL-ROOFED UPPER BAY--SAID TO BE A MARTIN TRADEMARK. MILLED PORCH DETAILS WERE INSPIRED BY THE POPULAR EAST- LAKE STYLE. MARTIN SOLD THE HOUSE IN 1908 AND MOVED FROM McKINNEY. Texas Historical marker, 1986 |