The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Lapel was platted in 1876 by David Conrad and Samuel Busby when the railroad was extended to that point. The name "Lapel" was chosen because the railroad caused the town to be in the shape of a man's coat lapel.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lapel’s history is told.
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Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Lapel is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lapel has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pendleton Historic District in Pendleton, 5.6 miles away.
Lapel and the nearest listed places
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How 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. Pendleton Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lapel?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lapel’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.