Haynie Chapel Methodist Church
Del Valle, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Founded 1839, in the Republic of Texas by Rev. John Haynie (1789-1860). First church was of logs, and located a mile north, on land of Andrew Deavers Houston. This building, the third, was put up in 1907. Plaque erected by Houston descendants, Mr. & Mrs. E.W. (Nellie Houston) Schuhmann. History given by Rev. Olin W. Nail, Present Pastor. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1964
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Haynie Chapel was founded in 1839, during the days of the Republic of Texas, by the Rev. John Haynie, its first congregation gathering in a log church on donated frontier land. The present building, the third on the site, was raised in 1907. Descendants of the original settler families later placed a plaque commemorating its long history.
Why it matters
A frontier congregation dating to the Republic of Texas shows how faith communities anchored settlement in the earliest days of Anglo-American Texas.
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