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McKINNEY POST OFFICE

Historical marker, 1997.

1911 McKINNEY POST OFFICE

DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT J. H. SUTTLE, THE

1911 McKINNEY POST OFFICE IS A CHARAC-

TERISTIC AND WELL-PRESERVED EXAMPLE

OF AN ITALIANATE POST OFFICE. THE TILE

ROOF, ORNAMENTAL COLUMNS, EAVES AND

WINDOW CONFIGURATION ARE COMMON

TO THE AMERICAN POST OFFICE AFTER

1910. THESE ELEMENTS AND THE THREE-

BAY ARCHED RECESSED ENTRY DEFINE THE

FACADE. THE FOURTH POST OFFICE TO

SERVE THE AREA, THE STRUCTURE WAS

DEEDED TO COLLIN COUNTY BY THE FED-

ERAL GOVERNMENT IN 1959 AND IN 1982

BECAME A COLLIN COUNTY MUSEUM.

McKinney

Places Index

Recommended citation: 
 "McKinney Post Office - Places, COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc.

Last modified: July 11, 2009