Main Street Historic District

Main Street in Chappell Hill forms a compact historic district of thirty-six limestone, brick and wood-frame buildings. Commercial storefronts fill the central blocks, with residences, a church and a parsonage at the north and south ends. Most buildings date from 1850 to 1915 and include vernacular wood and brick shops, the 1869 Rock Store built of native sandstone and hand-hewn pine timbers, and the two-story 1913 Schaer Store and Masonic Lodge. Early cedar houses show Greek Revival influence, including the 1850 Stagecoach Inn and the 1854 Julius Yanch House built by Marcus Munyan. The district reflects the town's role as an agricultural trading center and early railroad terminus that shipped cotton from Brazos River farms. Many original interiors survive, such as the drug store shelving, a bank teller's cage and a pressed-metal ceiling. Roughly three quarters of the buildings contribute to its character, and sidewalks and mature pecan and sycamore trees add to its cohesive streetscape.