Morris Ranch Schoolhouse | |
 Morris Ranch Schoolhouse | |
  Morris Ranch Schoolhouse  Morris Ranch Schoolhouse | |
| Nearest city | Fredericksburg, Texas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 30°13′7″N 99°0′56″W / 30.21861°N 99.01556°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | Alfred Giles |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003142[1] |
| RTHL No. | 10086 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 29, 1983 |
| Designated RTHL | 1981 |
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[2] thoroughbred trainer Max Hirsch began his career on Morris Ranch and attended classes in the schoolhouse.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Simon, Rita James (1997). In the Golden Land: A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration in America. Praeger. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-275-95731-5.