Hix McCanless

Hix McCanless (born 1868 in Tennessee) was an architect, surveyor, and civil engineer of Ennis, Texas.

Extant works Alexander Building, 200 West Ennis Ave.; NRHP-listed Allen Building, 204–206 West Ennis Ave.; NRHP-listed Clark House, 510 North Preston St. Ennis City Hall; NRHP-listed Ennis National Bank, West Ennis Ave. and N. Dallas St.; NRHP-listed John Rowe Building, 101–105 South Dallas St.; built 1904; NRHP-listed Knights of Pythias Building (second), 215 North Dallas St.; built 1910; NRHP-listed Masonic Lodge (20th century); NRHP-listed, but described as having been subsequently "severely altered" from McCanless's original Matthews–Atwood House, 307 North Sherman St.; NRHP-listed Matthews–Templeton House, 606 West Denton St.; NRHP-listed; Bungalow style McCanless–Williams House, which McCanless built for himself, 402 West Tyler St.; NRHP-listed Meredith–McDowal House, 701 North Gaines St.; NRHP-listed Moore Building, 101 Northwest Main St.; NRHP-listed Telfair House, 209 North Preston St.; NRHP-listed Thomas House, 506 West Denton St. 501 South Dallas St.; NRHP-listed; "an especially interesting synthesis of Bungalow form and Neoclassical detail"

Works that are no longer standing Alamo Elementary School; replaced in the 1960s by San Jacinto (KJT) Auditorium, South Paris St. (and not to be confused with the modern Alamo Middle School, West Knox St.) Ennis Municipal Hospital (second), Lampasas and Chatfield; built 1924 Knights of Pythias Building (original); described as an "imposing, crenelated" structure Rectory of the old St. John's Catholic Church, Preston St.