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Chapman House
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National Register of Historic Places

Chapman House

On the National Register since 201016 years
Center-Passage PlanListed 2010Austin
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Chapman House

Chapman House, at 901 E 12th St, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 9, 2010. The Register lists it for its architecture and town planning, at the local level. It describes its style as Center-Passage Plan, as it does for 1 other Texas listings. Five more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in Austin (vicinity), Travis County, Texas. From Wikidata (CC0).

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 57 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 20 minutes

901 E 12th St, Austin · about 0.7 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Chapman HouseStart here
  2. 2Swedish Hill Historic DistrictVictorian · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3Limerick-Frazier HouseI-Plan · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4Little CampusClassical Italianate · 0.2 mi on
  5. 5Scholz GartenBuilding · 0.3 mi on
Around it

25 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BConnelly-Yerwood HouseLate Victorian0.2 miBCharles W. Barnes HouseVictorian0.2 miBShotguns at 1203-1205 Bob HarrisonClassical Revival0.2 miBHaehnel BuildingBuilding0.3 miBBailetti HouseBuilt 18860.3 miBArnold BakeryBuilding0.3 miBRoberts ClinicBuilding0.3 miBCommunity CenterBuilding0.3 miDCity CemeteryGothic Revival0.3 miBNewton HouseHigh Victorian0.4 miBRobert Irvin HouseVictorian0.4 miBVictory GrillOne-Part Commercial Block0.4 miBWesley United Methodist ChurchBuilding0.4 miBHouse at 1170 San Bernard StreetVictorian0.4 miBGeorge Washington Carver LibraryColonial Revival · Built 19800.4 miBC. E. Johnson HouseVictorian0.5 miBGeorge A. Peterson HouseVictorian0.5 miBRogers-Bell HouseEastlake0.5 mi
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BPhillip W. Jobe HouseBuilding0.5 miBFrench LegationBuilding0.5 miBHaynes-DeLashwah HouseEastlake0.5 miBOld Land Office BuildingRundbogenstil · Built 18570.5 miBSouthgate-Lewis HouseVictorian · Built 18880.5 mi★Texas State CapitolRenaissance · Built 18850.5 miDOakwood Cemetery AnnexDistrict0.5 mi

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Questions about Chapman House

Is Chapman House on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Sep 9, 2010 (Register number 10000739).

Is Chapman House a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Texas has 42 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Texas State Capitol, 0.5 miles away.

Can you visit Chapman House?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Chapman House?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 57 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 40973713 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.