Esperanza School Building
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Marker Text: One of earliest one-room rural schoolhouses in Travis County, this cabin was built on property of Richard McKenzie in 1866. It was known as Esperanza School and served children from neighboring farms in the period before public education. In 1893 when a larger Esperanza School was built at another site this original log structure was put to other uses.. (Original site of this cabin was in the SW quadrant of the intersection of Spicewood Springs Rd. and Mopac Blvd.)
An American bicentennial gift by Austin Parks and Recreation Dept, Altrusa Chapter of Austin; Austin Colony Chapter National Society daughters of American Revolution; Cereus Garden Club; Treaty Oak Chapter; National Society Daughter so American Colonists; Travis County Historical Commission; William B.Travis Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas; Katie Cabell Muse Chapter United Daughters of Confederacy; Walnut Creek Optimist Club; Zeta Eta Chapter: Delta Kappa Gamma; and the cabin donors, Dr. and Mrs. P.E. Ingerson and family. (1974) |
Marker No: 14956
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