Site of New Braunfels Academy

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Marker No: 4840

Medallion & Plate

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. (1965) 

Texas Historic Landmark

Geographic: 29.700850, -98.128304

Location: 407 West Mill Street, New Braunfels