Carpenter House, Plano

Name: Carpenter House
Address: Plano, United States

#12 among attractions in Plano

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The Carpenter House, 1211 East 16th Street, Plano, Collin County, Texas, is a Victorian home built in 1898 for Col. Henry C. Overaker and his new bride. Three years in completion, the house was set in the middle of a former cotton field which was part of the colonel's many land holdings. Gibson Edgar Carpenter, a gentleman farmer, lawyer, and judge, purchased the house in the early 1920s to ensure his children would receive the best education in the Plano school system. Carpenter Middle School, named for Carpenter’s father Robert Washington Carpenter, is located on land formerly owned by the family. A videohistory of the house in its current state is accessible at this referenced link. The house is notable for its unique architecture, its rare survival into the 21st Century as an intact homeplace, and its association with a family noted for its civic service to the local community. ()

Coordinates: 33°1'17"N, 96°41'48"W

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Carpenter House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Collin Creek Mall, Curtis Culwell Center, Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, Firewheel Town Center.

1.1 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Collin Creek Mall, Plano
28 min walk • Collin Creek Mall was a two-level, enclosed regional mall in Plano, Texas opened in 1981 and closed for redevelopment in 2019. It was located near the intersection of US 75 and President George Bush Turnpike.
5.3 miSE
Outdoor activities, Entertainment, Basketball
Curtis Culwell Center, Garland
137 min walk • The Curtis Culwell Center is a 6,860-seat arena and conference center in Garland, Texas. It opened in 2005 and was designed by HKS, Inc. and constructed at a cost of $31.5 million by Lee Lewis Construction with engineering by Walter P.
2.6 miS
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, Richardson
66 min walk • The Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations is a performance hall which opened in September 2002 in Richardson, Texas. The center is named for local philanthropist, Charles W. Eisemann, in recognition of a US$2,000,000 gift from the Eisemann Foundation Fund of The Communities Foundation of Texas.
6.8 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Firewheel Town Center, Garland
173 min walk • Firewheel Town Center is a 998,347-square-foot open-air regional shopping mall in Garland, Texas. The mall is located on the northeast corner of President George Bush Turnpike and State Highway 78. The mall opened on October 7, 2005.
5.2 miSE
Watersports, Water park, Swimming
Hawaiian Falls Waterparks, Garland
133 min walk • Hawaiian Falls Waterparks is a chain of waterparks operated by ProParks Management Company. The five locations Hawaiian Falls operates are located across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area and Central Texas.
3.6 miN
33°4'26"N • 96°41'33"W
The Courses at Watters Creek, Plano
93 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
2 miW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Heritage Farmstead Museum, Plano
52 min walk • Heritage Farmstead Museum is a historic farm museum at 1900 West 15th Street in Plano, Texas. The late-Victorian farm-house was built in 1891 on a 365-acre farm belonging to Mary Alice Farrell and her husband Hunter Farrell, a landowner and businessman whose family had moved to Texas from Virginia.
2.5 miNE
Park
Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve, Plano
65 min walk • Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve is an 800-acre park in Plano, TX and is the largest park in the city. The park has 3.5 miles of concrete trails and 5 miles of soft trails, many of which are located along Rowlett Creek.
4.7 miSE
Hiking trail, Outdoor activities, Park
Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Garland
121 min walk • The Spring Creek Forest Preserve is a city-owned nature preserve located in Garland, a suburb of Dallas, Texas.
5.5 miN
Church
Suncreek United Methodist Church, Allen
140 min walk • Suncreek United Methodist Church is a United Methodist Church in Allen, Texas, part of the North Texas Conference of the UMC. In June 1995, Rev. Burt Palmer was appointed to begin a new United Methodist Church in Allen. By September of that year, three families were gathering to worship at the parsonage.
3 miE
Mosque
East Plano Islamic Center, Plano
78 min walk • The East Plano Islamic Center is a mosque located in Plano, Texas. The current building of the masjid opened in July 2015, although the mosque started a decade earlier. The current Imam is Nadim Bashir, and the current resident scholar is Yasir Qadhi. The mosque is one of many mosques in the DFW area.