Fox-Haggard House

The Honor Award for the Fox-Haggard House in Plano, Texas was presented to Candace Fountoulakis on behalf of the Haggard Family at Preservation Texas’s Northeast Texas Regional Preservation Summit in Tyler on September 7, 2023. The house was previously included on Preservation Texas’s Most Endangered Places list in 2016.

"The saving of the Fox-Haggard House represents a commitment to preserving our built heritage for the benefit of future generations,” said Evan Thompson, Executive Director of Preservation Texas. "We are proud to be able to share this project as an example of what can be accomplished by passionate local advocates."

Presented every other year, Preservation Texas Honor Awards recognize outstanding efforts to restore, preserve, rehabilitate or reconstruct historic places that have been individually included on Preservation Texas's Most Endangered Places list or relate to a previous statewide thematic endangered listing. This year’s Honor Awards celebrate the remarkable efforts made by individuals, organizations, and communities to rehabilitate once imperiled historic places, breathing new life into cherished structures while honoring their historical significance and architectural integrity.

From Left to Right: Ron Siebler, Board of Directors, Preservation Texas; Sue Lazara, Board of Directors, Preservation Texas; Candace Fountoulakis, Fox-Haggard House; Conor Herterich, Northeast Texas Program Officer, Preservation Texas

Formerly known as the Collinwood House, the Fox-Haggard House was built circa 1860. It is the city’s oldest remaining residence and was the ancestral home of one of Plano’s pioneering families - the Haggards.

In 2009, the property was sold to the City of Plano with plans to develop the site as a park. The house was declared a hazard that needed to be removed, but efforts to relocate it fell through and the house remained vacant. In 2017, after voters rejected a multi-million dollar bond measure to restore the house, city council voted to tear it down. However, city officials changed their mind and decided to have the house moved off-site. Haggard Enterprises submitted the only bid.

In 2018, the house was saved from the wrecking ball when it was moved about a quarter mile from its original location to the Haggard Farm. The Haggards have preserved their family’s former home, which now awaits programming so that it can be experienced by future generations of Texans.

Project Architect: Architexas

Project Contractor: Clint Haggard, Burgher Haggard