In early 1834, David and Mary Ann Rogers moved from New Jersey to Michigan. While living with Mary Ann's father in Lima, Washtenaw County, they bought land in Ingham County. By March, Rogers had built the frame for a house, then moved it and his family by sleigh 18 miles to their property in Stockbridge Township. He soon opened a store where he traded with local Anishinaabe, and as other settlers arrived, he sold them goods and provided many with temporary lodging. In 1836, the community that developed around the Rogers homestead was platted as the village of Stockbridge. Born in 1872, Daisie B. Chappell opened her own photography studio in 1902. As a member of the Photographers Association of America, she understood the value of advertising and listed these services on the back of a photo postcard: "Portraits, Copying, Views, Frames, Enlarging." In 1943, Chappell closed her studio due to ill health. She died in 1957 and is buried in Stockbridge's Oaklawn Cemetery. Located adjacent to the railroad, a nearby structure was probably used to temporarily store items for shipping. In later years, it housed Appalachian field workers and their families. In 2017, Naomi Carson bought the building, and after putting on a small addition, she opened a restaurant two years later. The cast concrete block is original.