The Porter Mission Chapel was one of Austin’s lesser known chapels and religious institutions. This news article will explain some of the history behind Porter Mission Chapel.
Porter Mission Chapel was erected for outside missionary work in a needy part of Austin, Texas, has had a checkered but useful experience. Porter Mission Chapel had burned down in fire prior to 1890. Porter Mission Chapel was rebuilt in 1890. Here Miss Martha J. Adams was one to meet people, young and old, and dispense aid and comfort along many lines. Here, too, have been held for many years Sunday-school services, and preaching services from time to time, as strength and opportunity allowed. (Ref: http://www.hotfreebooks.com/book/The-American-Missionary-Volume-54-No-2-April-1900-Various.html)
[Porter Chapel, erected for outside missionary work in a needy part of the city, has had a checkered but useful experience. Once it was burned. It was rebuilt in 1890. Here Miss Martha J. Adams was one to meet people, young and old, and dispense aid and comfort along many lines. Here, too, have been held for many years Sunday-school services, and preaching services from time to time, as strength and opportunity allowed.
In the early years there were a few students, mostly children of teachers, in college courses, and a still smaller number in theology. The aim from the first has been to give instruction in the elements of a good common school education, and to provide advanced work for such as could complete a high school course, or were preparing to teach, or to continue their studies in higher professional schools elsewhere. The list of graduates is still a short one. The motto, "QUALITY NOT QUANTITY," finds its illustration here as in all the rest of the work of the school. The standard of scholarship has always been high and is steadily advancing. Many who have never graduated have done excellent work as teachers in the public schools of the state. "Tillotson" students are in demand and are known and respected for their honesty and reliability. Of the graduates, some are in responsible positions in this state, while others are pursuing courses of study in higher institutions at the North, or have already entered upon professional work. The great work of such a school is in its "leveling up." Who shall measure this? When a boy on retiring at night folds and carefully lays away the sheets and pillow slips from his bed, to "keep them clean," or when he thinks, on entering the dining-room, that he has "reached heaven," evidently there is room for such work.
Teachers and students together strive to make Tillotson a place of refined and Christian culture. The chapel bell calls all to morning prayers, on school days, and to Sunday-school, church services and Christian Endeavor, on Sundays. Each evening the family gathers about the Word at its altar in the dining-room. Bible-study is a part of the regular course through all the grades.]
Porter Mission Chapel specialized in theology and religious studies. The mission held Sunday-school services and preaching services as opportunity allowed. 
Miss Martha J, Adams was a special missionary and preceptress who attended to everybody both young and old. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/357493174/)
According to Austin American-Statesman, the chapel dedication for Porter Mission Chapel began on Sunday, January 31, 1892 at 1004 East Fourth Street. Porter Mission Chapel was owned and operated by a single female missionary named Miss Martha J. Adams. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/357533350/)
“Porter Mission Chapel in the Tenth Ward was for years the place of the successful mission work of Miss Martha J. Adams, well known in Austin Home time ago the building was deteriorating and caught on fire. The chapel just now happens to be rebuilt on a large scale with a dedication ceremony today at 3 p. m. with appropriate services. Friends are invited to attend. The chapel is at 1004 Fast Fourth Street, and can be reached either by the Pecan Street electric cars or the Hyde Park line, , both of which are within four blocks of the place.”
Services in memory of the late Martha J. Adams were held at the Porter Mission Chapel in Masontown on the date of Saturday, November 7, 1896. The friends of Miss Adams were cordially invited to attend. There was a large attendance present and the exercises were most interesting. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/366648904/) 
Porter Mission Chapel was located at 1004 East 4th Street, Austin, Texas, US 78702.
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