Waring Schoolhouse
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 57.164 W 098° 48.274
14R E 518857 N 3313564
Historic school at 108 Avenue E, Waring, TX. Closed 1954.
Waymark Code: WMMQW5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2014
Views: 5
Two room wooden schoolhouse in the small community of Waring not far from Comfort, TX. School was in operation from 1891 until 1954.
Marker Number: 5719
Marker Text:
Anglo pioneers in a predominantly German-settled area built the west wing of this building in 1891. Land for this first public school was given by Robert Percival Maxwell Waring, a native of Ireland for whom the town had been named in 1888. Citizens volunteered labor, funds, and materials for the building, and paid their children's tuition of $1 to $1.50 per month. The east wing was added in 1903, and exterior braces were applied in the 1930s. The school closed in 1954. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1986
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