Site of New Braunfels Academy
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vhasler
N 29° 42.051 W 098° 07.698
14R E 584325 N 3285955
Another building for the former New Braunfels Academy.
Waymark Code: WMKN4D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2014
Views: 7
Located at 407 W. Mill Street, across the street from the former New Braunfels High School. Walk over there to read two further Texas historical markers about public education in this town.
Parking available on the street.
Marker Number: 4840
Marker Text:
Site of New Braunfels Academy, the first tax-supported Texas school still existent. By act of the State Legislature (where it was called "a great question of law and public policy") the academy was incorporated in 1858 -- 18 years before the 1876 Texas Constitution provided for local taxation for school purposes.
Erected 1900, this building of New Braunfels Academy now is tax office of the Independent School District.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
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