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.
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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 |
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