The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Lazear Post Office has been in operation since 1912. The community has the name of J. B. Lazear, the original owner of the town site.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Lazear is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lazear has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hotchkiss Homestead in Hotchkiss, 3 miles away.
Lazear and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Lazear
Hotchkiss HomesteadHotchkiss · District3mi
Hotchkiss HotelHotchkiss · Built 18963.6mi
Hotchkiss Methodist Episcopal ChurchHotchkiss · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Craftsman3.6mi
First Presbyterian Church of EckertOrchard City · Craftsman10.8mi
Mathews HousePaonia · Late Victorian: Queen Anne11.3mi
Hotchkiss HotelHotchkiss · Built 18963.6miHotchkiss Methodist Episcopal ChurchHotchkiss · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Craftsman3.6miFirst Presbyterian Church of EckertOrchard City · Craftsman10.8miMathews HousePaonia · Late Victorian: Queen Anne11.3miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Hotchkiss Homestead’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lazear?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lazear’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.