James Calvin Rhea House - McKinney
Located at 801 North College Street between Lela and Hall Streets in McKinney. This house is on the National Register of Historic Places.
JAMES CALVIN RHEA HOUSE
JAMES CALVIN RHEA (1837-1925) CAME TO TEXAS FROM TENNESSEE IN 1855. HE AND HIS BROTHER, W. A. RHEA, BUILT A GRISTMILL IN THE COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY THAT BECAME KNOWN AS RHEA MILLS. BUILT ABOUT 1890 BY JOHN W. HAMILTON, THIS HOME FEA- TURES EASTLAKE STYLE ELEMENTS IN ITS WRAPAROUND VERANDA, ORNAMENTAL WOODWORK, AND SUNBURST PANELS. THE HOME REMAINED IN THE RHEA FAMILY UNTIL 1956. A CIVIL WAR VETERAN, RHEA AND HIS WIFE MARY ARE BURIED NEARBY IN PECAN GROVE CEMETERY. Texas Historical marker, 1989. |