Historical Marker

Esperanza School Building

Historical marker location:
2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas
( Zilker Botanical Garden, Zilker Park)
Marker installed: 1974

One of earliest one-room rural schoolhouse 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 NW quadrant of the intersection of Spicewood Springs Rd. and Mopac Blvd.).