Historical Marker
Eanes School and Chapel
Historical marker location:
West Lake Hills, Texas
( (FM 2244) Bee Caves Rd. to Camp Craft Rd., in front of Eanes School and Chapel, Westlake Hills)
Marker installed: 1975
A log cabin built on property of Robert Eanes (1805-95) in 1872 was the first Eanes school. In 1874 the school was moved to a one-room frame structure on this adjacent 2-acre tract given by William and Sophia Teague. Itinerant ministers conducted worship services in the schoolhouse, and a community cemetery was located near by.
Eanes Chapel, organized in 1923 by University Presbyterian Church in Austin, erected a stone building in 1928. It was purchased in 1956 for classrooms. The Eanes Independent School District, created in 1958, is now (1975) a modern educational complex with over 1,800 students.