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Photograph of Stagecoach Inn of Chappell Hill
Photograph by Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Stage Coach Inn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“The Stagecoach Inn of Chappell Hill is a historic stagecoach inn at Main and Chestnut Streets in Chappell Hill, Texas, United States.”

Wikipedia article Stagecoach Inn of Chappell Hill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 71 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Main and Chestnut Sts., Chappell Hill, 77426
  • When was it listed? December 1976
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Washington-Chappell Hill
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 76002082 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

139 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Stage Coach Inn between 2009 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHAPPEL HILL SPOT FIRE
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRAZOS RIVER LANE
30 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
23 September 2014Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6500 HWY 290 GRASS FIRE
16 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEVA RD. FIRE
8 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

18 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chappell Hill, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 funnel cloud, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$30,000Home roof and carport damage along with a severely damaged pool house in the Bluebonnet Subdivision.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$20,000Strong winds damaged the roof of two separate homes, destroyed a barn and also damaged a television tower.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$17,000Extensive house, barn, fence, and tree damage.
September 2002Flash FloodChappell Hill$10,000Water covering FM 1371 near Chappell Hill.
May 2014Flash FloodChappell Hill$5,000Eight county roads were closed due to high water. FM Road 1155 was closed due to flooding between FM Road 2193 and Chappell Hill.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree that blocked a county road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$900A large tree was downed.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill-Trees were downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts east of Brenham.
March 2015Heavy RainChappell Hill-High water was observed near the intersection of FM 1155 and South Meyersville Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill-Thunderstorm winds downed trees along FM 1371.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in Chappell Hill.
August 2015Funnel CloudChappell Hill-A funnel cloud was reported south of the Chappell Hill area near Nicholson Lake Road.
November 2014Funnel CloudChappell Hill-A funnel cloud was observed near the intersection of Gibb Creek Road and Nicholson Lake Road.
September 2013Flash FloodChappell Hill-Heavy rain caused flash flooding on Old Chappell Hill Road just west of the town of Chappell Hill.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Chappell Hill-No damage.
September 2003Funnel CloudChappell Hill-Funnel cloud in Chappell Hill near Brenham off Hwy 290.
August 2004Funnel CloudChappell Hill-no account filed
July 2001Funnel CloudChappell Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Main Street Historic Districtunder 500 feet1985
John Sterling Smith Jr. House0.2 miles1985
J. R. Routt House0.2 miles1985
Chappell Hill Methodist Episcopal Church0.3 miles1985
Isaac Applewhite House0.3 miles1985
Waverly0.4 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76002082 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 71 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.