Chapman House
901 E 12th St, Austin, TXThe Chapman House at 90 IE. 12th Street in Austin, Texas, is a good example of a vernacular central passage dwelling in the Robertson Hill neighborhood of East Austin. Related to the historic context Historic Properties of East Austin, the Chapman House derives its primary significance from its architectural form, and its associations with the settlement of East Austin in a period of economic growth and community development, when recent European immigrants and the families of former slaves lived in close proximity. The Chapman House is nominated to the National Register at the local level under Criterion C in the area of Architecture, and Criterion A, in the area of Community Planning and Development, as a good example of a once-common folk style Austin, and as a building that exemplifies the settlement patterns and changing demographics of a dynamic east side neighborhood. The house was rehabilitated in 2008 following the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and is currently occupied by a professional service consulting firm.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.