{"nrhp_refnum":"05000394","name":"Nebgen School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1718 N. Grape Creek Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fredericksburg","county":"Gillespie County","state":"TX","lat":30.317273922000027,"lon":-98.62201468099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural school complex at 1718 North Grape Creek Road, about sixteen miles northeast of Fredericksburg in eastern Gillespie County, Texas. It has a one-room frame schoolhouse and pavilion built in 1936 on a school site used since 1901, plus a privy, cistern and barbecue pit added about 1945.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant locally under Criterion A in the area of Education. It served a dispersed farming and ranching community as both a school and a social center until consolidation with Stonewall in 1949. The property has changed little since then and retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Nebgen School is a small rural school complex about sixteen miles northeast of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, Texas. The school district was designated in 1881. A log school known as Smith Valley School came first, and a new building replaced it in 1901 and was called Lindemann School before taking the Nebgen name. The present one-room frame schoolhouse, covered in brick-patterned pressed tin, and an open pavilion with a stage were built in 1936. A cistern, barbecue pit and privy followed around 1945. Students walked to class, and the pavilion hosted plays, school closing events, dances and fundraising barbecues, including the traditional end-of-year Schulpruefung examination. A community club formed in 1946, and the school consolidated with Stonewall in 1949. The property has changed very little since then. It is not in use, and former students and neighbors hope to restore it for reunions and events. It was listed for its local importance in education between 1936 and 1949.","period_of_significance":"1936-1949","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The school is not currently used and has no water or electricity; former students and community members are working toward restoration for use as a community center or reunion and event facility.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.11571-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/9721/40972108/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05000394.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000394/9c8d50fa16-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000394/9c8d50fa16-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nebgenschool1.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:Nebgenschool1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972108","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebgen_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000165"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/gillespie-county/nebgen-school-05000394/"}