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.
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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. |
