Chapman’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Chapman. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Chapman got its start in the 1860s, following construction of the railroad through the territory. The new railroad town was named for a railroad official. The first building was built in Chapman in 1871.
The Cahow Barber Shop in Chapman is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Start Chapman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chapman’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewChapman, Nebraska 9th St 1: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Chapman, decade by decade
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unknown3 items
1 historic place in Chapman
1 place in Chapman is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Chapman, Nebraska 9th St 1 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.