Morris Ranch Rd., Fredericksburg, Texas. County/parish: Gillespie.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 29, 1983. NRIS 83003142.
1 contributing building.
The Morris Ranch Schoolhouse is a ranch school located on Morris Ranch Road, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) southwest of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981. Designed by Alfred Giles, who also designed the 1882 Fredericksburg Memorial Library, the schoolhouse was built in 1893. Winning thoroughbred trainer Max Hirsch began his career on Morris Ranch and attended classes in the schoolhouse.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972088