McClellan-Cunningham House
Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
Marker Inscription
McCLELLAN-CUNNINGHAM HOUSE DISTRICT JUDGE EUGENE DAVID McCLELLAN AND HIS WIFE, CARLTON COLLEGE PIANO TEACHER ALICE (HUNT), BUILT THIS HOME IN 1879. IN 1907, THE McCLELLANS’ DAUGHTER CORNELIA MARRIED ATTORNEY HENRY ALLEN CUNNINGHAM, AND THE COUPLE MOVED INTO THE HOUSE, WHICH STAYED IN THE FAMILY UNTIL THE 1960s. THE EXTERIOR OF THE TWO-STORY QUEEN ANNE-STYLE HOUSE FEATURES A PROJECTING BAY AND FULL-GALLERY VERANDA PORCHES WITH ELABORATE JIGSAWN TRIM. DORMERS AND GABLES ARE PROMINENT, AS ARE PATTERNS OF FISH-SCALE SHINGLES AND SUNBURST DESIGNS IN THE GABLES, BACK PORCH AND INTERIOR STAIRWAY. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2011
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
District Judge Eugene David McClellan and his wife Alice, a piano teacher at Carlton College, built this two-story Queen Anne home in Bonham in 1879. When their daughter Cornelia married attorney Henry Allen Cunningham in 1907, the couple moved in, and the house stayed in the family into the 1960s. Its projecting bay, full-gallery verandas, fish-scale shingles, and sunburst gable details make it a showpiece of late-Victorian craftsmanship.
Why it matters
The house preserves the exuberant Queen Anne style and the professional-class family life of a Gilded Age North Texas county seat.
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Related people
- · Eugene David McClellan
- · Alice Hunt McClellan
- · Henry Allen Cunningham
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