Williams Creek School is located at 5501 South

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in Gillespie County, in the

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. Although now consolidated with the community of Stonewall, the school is actually located south of there in the ghost town of

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. It was established in 1891 as the Albert School, and was originally a log cabin on Williams Creek. Six years later, it was moved farther from the creek onto a larger piece of land. A new building was constructed of native limestone. Up until

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, classes were taught exclusively in the

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. The war brought a new law that not only required all classes, except foreign languages, to be in English but also banned the use of German on school property. During the 1920–1921 school year,

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was an 8th-grade student in the one-room school. An additional room was added in 1922 to accommodate expanded enrollment. The school was consolidated with Stonewall in 1950. The building is now used as a community center. The school was designated a

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in 2002. It was added to the

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on May 6, 2005.

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Handbook of Texas Online, Stonewall, Texas
{{Gillespie County, Texas Defunct schools in Gillespie County, Texas Lyndon B. Johnson National Register of Historic Places in Gillespie County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Educational institutions established in 1891 1891 establishments in Texas School buildings completed in 1897 German-American culture in Texas Community centers in Texas

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