{"nrhp_refnum":"04001415","name":"Cave Creek School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"470 Cave Creek Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fredericksburg","county":"Gillespie County","state":"TX","lat":30.308150393000062,"lon":-98.72709584922578,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-12-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small rural school complex in the Cave Creek community, about ten miles northeast of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, Texas. It centers on a one-room frame schoolhouse built in 1881, with a stage and pavilion, cistern, barbecue pits and privies on about eight acres.","why_significant":"The school is significant under Criterion A in the area of Education at the local level. It shows how rural schooling worked in German-settled Gillespie County, where the school also served as the social center of a dispersed farming community. It has changed little since it closed in 1950 and retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Cave Creek School is a one-room frame schoolhouse completed in 1881 at the center of a scattered farming community about ten miles northeast of Fredericksburg, Texas. The building measures 18 by 36 feet, has pressed tin siding over the original shiplap, and is heated by a central wood stove. Around it on eight acres are a stage and pavilion from about 1930-33, a cistern, barbecue pits, and two privies, most added during the Depression. The school was organized as common school district number 4 in 1890 and always had a single teacher for all grades. Attendance peaked at 82 students in 1917. Year-end celebrations with barbecue, plays and dances raised money for repairs. After the school closed in 1950 and joined the Fredericksburg district, the grounds continued to host gatherings and reunions. Little has been altered, so the site conveys rural education and community life in German-settled Gillespie County.","period_of_significance":"1881-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Closed as a school in 1950; now used as a community clubhouse and gathering place. Contributing resources are described as being in good or very good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.838156-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/9720/40972092/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/04001415.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001415/985771c5f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001415/985771c5f1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CaveCreekSchool1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CaveCreekSchool1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972092","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Creek_School_(Gillespie_County,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5054895"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/gillespie-county/cave-creek-school-04001415/"}