Dulaney, Joe E., House
311 S. Chestnut, McKinney, TXThis modest dwelling is one of the oldest L-plan houses in McKinney and was built about 1875 for Joe E. Dulaney, a physician who came to Texas from Tennessee soon after the Civil War. The house remains virtually unaltered. It features pedimented architraves around most door and window openings. It has served as a museum since 1972, and it stands as one of the city's finest examples of a common late-19thcentury, vernacular house type.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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