NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National RegisterSBR of Historic Places Registration Draft Form 1. Name of Property Historic Name: Mission Valley School and Teacherage Other name/site number: NA Name of related multiple property listing: NA 2. Location Street & number: 1135 Mission Valley Road City or town: New Braunfels State: Texas County: Comal Not for publication: Vicinity: 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following levels of significance: national statewide local Applicable National Register Criteria: A B C D State Historic Preservation Officer Signature of certifying official / Title Date Texas Historical Commission State or Federal agency / bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. _______________________________________________________________________ Signature of commenting or other official Date ____________________________________________________________ State or Federal agency / bureau or Tribal Government 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: ___ entered in the National Register ___ determined eligible for the National Register ___ determined not eligible for the National Register. ___ removed from the National Register ___ other, explain: _____________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places REGISTRATION FORM NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mission Valley SchoolSBR and Teacherage, New Braunfels , ComalDraft County, Texas 5. Classification Ownership of Property X Private Public - Local Public - State Public - Federal Category of Property building(s) X district site structure object Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing 2 0 buildings 0 0 sites 8 0 structures 0 0 objects 10 0 total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register: 0 6. Function or Use Historic Functions: Education: school, education-related housing Current Functions: OTHER (public meeting space); Domestic: single dwelling 7. Description Architectural Classification: Other: Mid-to-late Nineteenth Century Vernacular; Other: No Style Principal Exterior Materials: Stone: limestone, Wood: weatherboard; Metal Narrative Description (see continuation sheets 7-7 through 7-11) Page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places REGISTRATION FORM NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mission Valley SchoolSBR and Teacherage, New Braunfels , ComalDraft County, Texas 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D Property has yielded or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations: NA Areas of Significance: Education Period of Significance: 1870 – 1950 Significant Dates: 1870, 1884 Significant Person (only if criterion B is marked): NA Cultural Affiliation (only if criterion D is marked): NA Architect/Builder: NA Narrative Statement of Significance (see continuation sheets 8-12 through 8-18) 9. Major Bibliographic References Bibliography (see continuation sheets 9-19 through 9-20) Previous documentation on file (NPS): _ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested. _ previously listed in the National Register _ previously determined eligible by the National Register _ designated a National Historic Landmark _ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Primary location of additional data: x State historic preservation office (Texas Historical Commission, Austin) _ Other state agency _ Federal agency _ Local government _ University x Other -- Specify Repository: Sophienburg Museum & Archives Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): NA Page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places REGISTRATION FORM NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mission Valley SchoolSBR and Teacherage, New Braunfels , ComalDraft County, Texas 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property: 2.8 acres Coordinates Latitude/Longitude Coordinates Datum if other than WGS84: NA 1. Latitude: 29.721525° Longitude: -98.202531° 2. Latitude: 29.720236° Longitude: -98.201476° 3. Latitude: 29.720019° Longitude: -98.201815° 4. Latitude: 29.720793° Longitude: -98.202490° 5. Latitude: 29.720198° Longitude: -98.203400° 6. Latitude: 29.720632° Longitude: -98.203784° Verbal Boundary Description: The boundary for the Mission Valley School and Teacherage is comprised of two legal parcels, Property ID# 72382 and 72401, and described by the Comal CAD as: (72382) A-235 SUR-284 J Heidrich, ACRES 1.8; and (72401) A-259 SUR-358 J H HARTMAN, ACRES 1.0. The boundary is sketched on Map 7. Boundary Justification: The nomination includes all property historically associated with the Mission Valley School. 11. Form Prepared By Name/title: Katherine Duffield Hill/Architectural Historian, David W. Moore, Jr./Historian Organization: HHM & Associates, Inc. Street & number: P.O. Box 9648 City or Town: Austin State: TX Zip Code: 78766 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (512) 478-8014 Date: August 1, 2019 Additional Documentation Maps (see continuation sheets MAP-21 through MAP-28) Additional items (see continuation sheets FIGURE-29 through FIGURE-35) Photographs (see continuation sheets PHOTO-36 through PHOTO-46) Page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places REGISTRATION FORM NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mission Valley SchoolSBR and Teacherage, New Braunfels, ComalDraft County, Texas Photograph Log Name of Property: Mission Valley School City or Vicinity: New Braunfels, Comal County State: Texas Number of Photographs: 20 Photographers: Katherine Duffield Hill Dates photographed: December 10, 2019 Photo No. 1 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0001.tif) Southwest oblique view of stone school (Resource 1) including added porch roof. Camera facing north. Photo No. 2 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0002.tif) Oblique view of the 1884 stone schoolhouse (Resource 1) with historic cistern (Resource 7) in the foreground. Camera facing south. Photo No. 3 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0003.tif) View of the kitchen and storage room extension to the stone schoolhouse (Resource 1). Camera facing south. Photo No. 4 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0004.tif) View of modern bathroom addition extension to the stone school (Resource 1). Photo No. 5 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0005.tif) Interior view of stone school (Resource 1), including the entrance through the central doorway on the primary façade. Camera facing southwest. Photo No. 6 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0006.tif) Interior view of stone school (Resource 1), camera facing north towards the cast iron stove, located centrally in the schoolhouse. Camera facing north. Photo No. 7 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0007.tif) Interior view of stone school (Resource 1), looking through the small kitchen addition towards the modern bathroom addition, camera facing west. Photo No. 8 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0008.tif) The primary (southeast) façade of the original 1870 schoolhouse (Resource 2), converted to a teacherage in 1884. Camera facing northwest. Photo No. 9 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0009.tif) Northeast facade view of teacherage (Resource 2). The rear porch addition to the original structure is visible from this perspective. Camera facing southwest. Photo No. 10 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0010.tif) View of the teacherage’s (Resource 2) back porch, the exterior wall of the original one-room schoolhouse prior to additions is visible on this façade. Camera facing east. Photo No. 11 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0011.tif) Oblique view of teacherage (Resource 2), with historic cistern (Resource 10) directly to its southwest. Camera facing north. Page 5 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places REGISTRATION FORM NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mission Valley SchoolSBR and Teacherage, New Braunfels, ComalDraft County, Texas Photo No. 12 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0012.tif) Interior view of the original one-room schoolhouse (Resource 2) later converted to the teacherage. View facing southeast. Photo No. 13 (TX_ComalCounty_MissionValleySchool_0013.tif)