We began in 1874 in a one-room log cabin just west of Austin. The building was a school during the week and a church on Sunday. Circuit riders from several different denominations came to preach to the small community congregation.

In 1923, the Presbyterian seminary assigned a minister to the church and it became a mission of Austin's University Presbyterian Church. In 1928, a stone building was erected by the men in the community. The City of Austin Fire Department gave the church a bell, cast in 1877 and used for 40 years to call volunteers fireman. From that time on, the bell could be heard through the halls on Sunday morning, calling people to worship.  That same bell, more than 60 years later, still rings at Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church.

The church outgrew two physical facilities, and in September 1985, the present buildings were dedicated, with some 35 acres for growth.

The real spirit of Westlake Hills Presbyterian church lies not in the building complex, but in its members and pastoral leadership.  We strive to grow, not just in numbers, but in quality of faith.  It is that spirit that has brought us from the handful of people who worshiped in the one-room schoolhouse to more that 2,000 members in the church family today.