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Location DB > United States > Texas > McKinney > The Little Farmhouse  Name The Little Farmhouse  Viewing Options Log in to activate viewing options  Database Info created by Explorer Zero on 3/12/2006 12:30 PM last modified by moonglowmaiden on 2/4/2023 4:21 AM  Viewability Publically Viewable This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.  Overview  Description A small dilapidated wood frame house on 100-150 acres with several outbuildings and a dug well. Some farm implements were also abandoned here.  Basic Information Type: Building Status: Demolished Accessibility: Easy Recommendation: forget it  Physical Information Address McKinney, Texas United States Owner: unknown See a map of this location  Hazards unsafe flooring  Interesting Features Yes, at least to my way of thinking at the time I don't do private residential locations anymore.  Security Measures  Historical Dates Built: 1930 Closed: 0  Required Equipment long pants / sleeves  Recommended Equipment  History You wont find much history here, at least not specific to this location. Much of what went on here never made it into the public record. But in a sense this little farmhouse sitting on 140 or so acres of prime real estate is history. History in transition. Not long ago North Texas was dotted with little farms such as this. Wide open spaces and cheap aerable land prices enticed homesteaders and subsistance farmers from more populated and established states back east here in an effort to cultivate a better living from the land. Cotton, sorghum, hay, cattle sometimes horses, the blackland prairie of the 19th and 20th centuries allowed modest success and even a little profit for those willing to bust the sod and haul the hay to feed the livestock. Now a different type of profit taking is at hand. Real estate development. Collin county has been one of the fastest growing areas in Texas for the last 25 years. Acre upon acre, section upon section of black clay farm land and cattle ranches are evolving into subdivisions and soccer fields with no end in sight. Not til all the land is used up. The nearby two lane blacktop state highway is now a 4-6 lane expressway soon to become eight lanes of tollway. We all knew it would happen. As you stand on the back 40 you can see the encroaching development. Copper sheathed roofs glisten in the sun while the sound of power tools and nail guns frenetically race to beat the deadline and build another half million dollar home. This little two bedroom farmhouse is nothing more than a tar paper shack but the land is pure gold and its for sale, all or part, zoned for multi-use and ready to be developed into the next gated, yuppie, bentree, briarwood, stonebridge, golf course community. Hey, ya gotta put'em somewhere we can always buy our cotton from China. Meanwhile somebody is still working this land. There was a crop here as recent as last year. Ive listed it as active for that reason but the structure itself may as well be abandoned. UPDATED COORDINATES: per request by another UER member, with all the change around here I wasnt sure it was still there but 2012 satellite indicates its still standing  Media Coverage  Future Plans just look around the neighborhood  Stories Add your own story  Photo Galleries The farmhouse Sun, Mar 12th, 2006 posted by Explorer Zero 15 pictures The farm Sun, Mar 12th, 2006 posted by Explorer Zero 25 pictures Add your own photos Mark all galleries as Seen  Web Links  Contribute Edit this Location  Moderator Rating The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location. Category Rating Photography 7 / 10 Coolness 7 / 10 Content Quality 7 / 10  Validation This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 2/4/2023 5:27 AM.  Latest Changes on Feb 4 23 at 5:27, Emperor Wang validated this location on Feb 4 23 at 4:21, moonglowmaiden changed the following: Status, Recommendation on Aug 3 18 at 23:23, Emperor Wang validated this location on Aug 3 18 at 20:49, Explorer Zero changed the following: Interesting Features, Description on Aug 3 18 at 20:46, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Tire swing on Aug 3 18 at 20:46, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture In bloom on Aug 3 18 at 20:46, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Screen door on Aug 3 18 at 20:46, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Kitchen on Aug 3 18 at 20:45, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Bed room view on Aug 3 18 at 20:45, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Latex enamel  Forum Threads about this Location  Who's been looking? Click here to see who'se been looking.  Report Problems Is this location inappropriate / broken / missing key info? 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