Views of the Neighborhood – Heritage Wrap Up

~ John W. Howell

Last week we took a long look at the Leibolt cabin. I checked some previous posts and saw there were some heritage points that I have not shown. So this week completes the heritage collection of Lakeway. I hope you enjoy

Views of the Neighborhood

The first store in Lakeway called the Country Store built in 1969.

The plaque on the store.

This building was built in 1996 on the site of The Lakeway Land Company headquarters which burned down in 1979.

The marker.

The flagpole on the Live Oak Country Club grounds was the first community flag pole and was the focal point for the beginning of the Fourth of July parade. It was installed in 1977.

The flagpole marker.

The Lakeway Land office where lots were sold for $4000.

The first house built in Lakeway.

Not part of the heritage trail but thought this wind mobile was colorful.

The Blocker Home built in 1964 by one of the founding families of Lakeway.

The Blocker Home marker.

The “Little Grass Shack” built in 1970 and was Lakeway’s largest home at that time.

The Little Grass Shack marker.

The site of the first pay telephone (and first telephone in Lakeway) installed in 1962.

The telephone marker.

I hope you enjoyed the little outing today.

47 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Heritage Wrap Up”

  1. I’ve never seen historical markers for buildings so relatively recent! But I think it’s a great idea. The years go by so quickly, the lived memory dies, and before you know it, the neighborhood history is lost.

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  4. I loved thee tour, John. Thanks for including the markers. Can you imagine using the pay phone until the lines were extended into the neighborhood? That was less than 60 years ago yet it seem like a cruel fantasy world.

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  7. I laughed and laughed at the marker for the pay phone. I well remember living in a marina where the only means of communication was a pay phone by the showers. And, when I was traveling TX35 on a regular basis to work on a boat at Key Allegro, I often stopped at the Copano Bay Provisioning Company to use their pay phone — with my phone card! What does it say, that they’re putting up historical markers for things I used to use regularly? Uh-oh.

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  11. Thanks for the tour, John. I didn’t realize that Lakeway is a relatively new community. Kudos to the town for historical preservation!

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  14. Oh my …. the telephone thought made me laugh – yet, I understand it’s significance. Your historical series has presented Lakeway very well … Quite interesting …. cheers to your effort and new-found pride.

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  17. Thanks for a lovely stroll in the neighborhood, John. I’m glad you included the pretty wind mobile. For a second there, I thought the Blocker Home was going to be a Frank Lloyd Wright building… just something about the silhouette and the hillside-like landscape. Hugs on the wing.

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  19. It is interesting to tour your town with you, John. Our house was built in 1929 and is the oldest in our area. When I go to the UK, I gawk in wonder at the relics from the Roman and Viking eras. Our histories are so short comparatively.

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