National Register Listing

House at 500 North Main, East

500 N. Main E, Ennis, TX

This modest T-plan dwelling survives as the best local example of its type. Turned posts and jig-sawn brackets of the wrap-around porch remain intact, distinguishing this residence from the few other T-plan houses built and the simple two-room vernacular structures from which this plan type evolved. Owned by Mrs. Sarah A. McKay in the 1920s and 1930s.

Local significance of the building:
Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.