McCardell, William Keenan and Nancy Elizabeth, House - Livingston, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 42.827 W 094° 56.092
15R E 314719 N 3399480
The one-and-a-half story asymmetrical house features a wraparound porch with decorative fretwork, slender columns and balustrades, double-hung windows and wooden surrounds, shiplap siding, and decorative shingles in the gables.
Waymark Code: WMWNK2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2017
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Texas Historical Sites Atlas
The house is four blocks northwest of the historic commercial district of Livingston and the Polk County Courthouse.
The 1887 William and Nancy McCardell House is a well-executed and intact example of a Queen Aime dwelling in east Texas. The one-and-a-half story cypress home retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association to a high degree.
The house is associated with local physician Dr. William Keenan McCardell, and is representative of a period of history when medical care was available in a home when hospitals and clinics were not available in small towns.
Dr. McCardell constmcted his house so that he could facilitate the medical needs of the community and also provide the comforts of a home for his family. His medical duties were performed in the front room which had a private entrance on the North side of the home. A large fireplace gave warmth to the patients and doctor. Windows on the front three sides of the room also gave needed light to the room as well as fresh air.