Historic McKinney Home Receives Lost Architectural Plans as Gift

Discovery of Lost Architectural Plans

• 💡 A significant piece of history, the architectural plans for the Herd Craig Center in McKinney, were missing for decades.
• 🎯 These plans, dating back to the 1890s, are crucial for understanding the original Herd home, built in 1900.

An Unlikely Auction Find

• 📦 The missing plans were unexpectedly discovered by Cory Carrasco when she purchased a "Christmas mystery box" at an auction in Dallas.
• 🔍 Initially intending to discard the rolls of paper, Carrasco's curiosity led her to examine them, revealing they were drawings of a house.

Generous Donation and Center's Gratitude

• ✨ Carrasco, after researching and identifying the plans, donated them back to the Herd Craig Center without seeking anything in return.
• 💖 Executive Director Karen Zupanic expressed immense gratitude, stating the donation "means the world" and will be used to display and tell the history of the home more effectively.
• ✅ Carrasco emphasized her motivation was simply to be a good person and return something that belonged to the home's past.