Chestnut Square Historic Village

This place is adorable! Saturday and Sunday mornings from 8 – 12 there’s a small Farmer’s Market made up of about 30 or so tables. A great way to pick up some local fresh ingredients, maybe a bottle of wine. Under the trees here you’ll feel quite comfortable walking around this ¾ mile circle, taking a peek of what North Dallas has to offer.
Rain or shine, I’ve noticed these people will be here, so don’t let a drizzly Saturday go to waste!
They have all kinds of other events and things going on in the square! I great spot to take the family and enjoy our coming Fall weather.

I love the haunted tour and the tour guided paranormal investigations. Well worth the money for experiencing the paranormal.

Chestnut Square is just off of the McKinney downtown square and features a collection of historic homes brought (hence, «historic village») to Chestnut Square to be maintained and available for tours. Tours are available Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11 AM. Every Saturday during the summer they have a Farmer’s Market from 8 until 12. During the winter, they have a winter farmer’s market whenever the wind chill won’t be below 40 degrees. There’s not much in the way of produce during the winter. I like the summer’s farmers markets better. I particularly recommend Lucky Layla’s drinkable yogurt and Rosey Ridge’s bread and jams. Really good.
Chestnut Square has a lot of activities going on throughout the year and they are usually well attended and well managed. Check out their Living History Days for gun fights and re-​enactments. The ghost tours in downtown are put on each year by Chestnut Square.
The buildings are in different levels of repair. The Dulaney House and The Johnson? House are beautiful and frequently used for weddings and wedding receptions. The Two Bit Taylor house is occasionally open for tour and worth seeing (nothing fancy but very historical). The school house is pretty cool. The Faires house could use some serious TLC but it has a lot of history. There was a big murder trial here way back and the jury was sequestered in this house.
You can walk the grounds any time, but the houses are only open for tour with the escort of the docent. The gardens, pathways, rose hedges and mature trees make this a nice place for a photographer, particularly in the spring.