[925 N. Sycamore - McKenna House]

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Photograph of the front and south side of a one-story, L-plan house located at 925 N. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. It has Queen Anne-style details including a tower at the southeast corner of the front porch.

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Goebel, Matt February 1993.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2006 and was provided by the Palestine Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 243 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Located in Anderson County, the Palestine Public Library provides access to information and various programs for the community's benefit. They received a Rescuing Texas History grant to aid in digitization of select materials, including photos taken during a Historic Resources Study in 1991.

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Photograph of the front and south side of a one-story, L-plan house located at 925 N. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. It has Queen Anne-style details including a tower at the southeast corner of the front porch.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Camera looking: Northwest
Photograph: 14 of 18

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Despite the application of vinyl or metal siding over portions of the building, this 1-story frame dwelling exemplifies the modified L-plan house with Queen Anne-style details. The most noteworthy architectural feature is the tower at the southeast corner of the front porch. This property is indicative of a locally popular house form in Palestine during the 1890’s and 1900’s. David B. and Lula McKenna were the earliest known owners of this house, and they lived here from as early as 1926. At that time Mr. McKenna worked as a general car foreman for the I&GN Railroad, and later for Missouri Pacific. After her husband’s death in the late 1930’s, Mrs. McKenna continued to live in the house, into the 1940’s. She was the daughter of Richard and Kiah Kolstad, and granddaughter of Soren Kolstad, and so this house represents a third generation of houses built on the original Kolstad land.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2006

Rescuing Texas History is a project that aims to digitize at-risk photographs, maps, artwork, and more. Funding was provided by the Summerlee Foundation of Dallas.

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  • February 1993

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  • Feb. 1, 2006, 5:22 p.m.

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Goebel, Matt. [925 N. Sycamore - McKenna House], photograph, February 1993; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth9430/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palestine Public Library.

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