A.W. CHAPMAN HOUSE
Alvan Wentworth Chapman, a physician and famed botanist, lived in this Classical Revival-style house that dates to 1857. His love for the science of botany became a principal work of his life especially after the Civil War. Flora of the Southern United States, written by Dr. Chapman and published in 1860, was the first comprehensive description of U.S. plants outside the northeast. Dr. Chapman died in Apalachicola in 1899.
Today we are honored to have this historically significant and elegant structure as our featured home. Painstakingly restored years ago with plans for it to be revitalized as a museum, the current owners have brought the Chapman House back to life as their home.
Along with the Chapman House, tour-goers have the wonderful opportunity to see the adjacent cottage, carriage house, and gardens.
