Willow City School (Gillespie County, Texas)

Willow City School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Willow City School
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Location	2501 RM 1323, Willow City, Texas
Coordinates	30°24′10″N 98°42′9″W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1905 (1905)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	05000385[1]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 2005

Willow City School is at 2501 Ranch to Market Road 1323 in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It was consolidated with Fredericksburg Independent School District in 1961. The building is now used as a community center. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gillespie County, Texas on May 6, 2005.^[2]

The first school was a one-room log cabin with no floor, which doubled as a church. After being destroyed by a flood in 1890, a two-story frame house was erected. The current Willow City school is a two-story granite building erected in 1905 on land donated by J.W. Lindeman and J. C. Hardin. There was no water supply until 1920. Classes were taught here until 1957.^[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Gillespie County, Texas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Willow City School". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
3. "Willow City School". Friends of Gillespie County Schools. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Willow City, Texas
• Willow City, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Friends of Gillespie County Schools, Willow City