Willow City School is at 2501
Ranch to Market Road 1323 in
Gillespie County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
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. It was consolidated with
Fredericksburg Independent School District
Fredericksburg Independent School District is a public school district based in Fredericksburg, Texas (USA).
In addition to Fredericksburg, the district serves the unincorporated communities of Stonewall, Luckenbach, Willow City, and Alber ...
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.
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.
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Friends of Gillespie County Schools, Willow City
{{Gillespie County, Texas
Defunct schools in Gillespie County, Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Gillespie County, Texas
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas