​Waring Schoolhouse

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Marker No: 5719

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

Geographic:29.952410, -98.804497

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 material 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 e1930s. The school closed in 1954. (1986)

Location: 108 Avenue, Waring - from Comfort take IH-10 2 miles south, then FM 1621 5 miles east to Waring