{"nrhp_refnum":"76002082","name":"Stage Coach Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main and Chestnut Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chappell Hill","county":"Washington County","state":"TX","lat":30.143596710000054,"lon":-96.25735056699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival inn at the northwest corner of Main and Chestnut Streets in Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas, begun in 1850 and built in 1851 by Jacob Haller as a family home.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an unusually sophisticated, austere Greek Revival building, noted for its Greek Key frieze and careful proportions. It was the home of Mary Chappell Haller, one of the few women in Texas to found and name a town. It later served as a boarding house for the Chappell Hill Seminary and as a stagecoach stop and communications center during Washington County's cotton boom.","narrative":"Built in 1851 at the corner of Main and Chestnut Streets in Chappell Hill, this two-story frame inn began as the private home of Jacob Haller and his wife, Mary Chappell Haller, who platted and named the town. The cedar-clad building has a low-pitched hipped roof, a finely worked Greek Key frieze, and symmetrical 6/6 windows, with its appeal resting on proportion and detail rather than ornament. After Haller died in 1851, the house became a boarding house for students of the Methodist-sponsored Chappell Hill Seminary. From 1859 it catered to travelers and became a stagecoach stop on the Austin to Houston road, tied to mail and telegraph relays during the Civil War. Later owners used it as a residence. A 1970 hurricane damaged the front portico and frieze, and sections were removed and stored. A deteriorated rear kitchen remains, and restoration was planned when the property was nominated.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Jacob Haller (built 1851); the significance section lists the builder/architect as Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Deteriorated at the time of nomination; the 1970 hurricane damaged the entrance portico and frieze, and the owner planned restoration. The data sheet lists current function as vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.639445-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/9739/40973924/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/76002082.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002082/1df746a35c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002082/1df746a35c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stage_coach_inn_chappell_hill_2008.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stage_coach_inn_chappell_hill_2008.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85001175","name":"Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/main-street-historic-district-85001175/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973924","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach_Inn_of_Chappell_Hill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7596854"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/washington-county/stage-coach-inn-76002082/"}