Madison Cooper House - Waco, TX - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Madison Cooper Jr., (June 3, 1894 – September 28, 1956) was a businessman and philanthropist and is best remembered for his novel Sironia, Texas. Cooper took possession of the family home after his father's death in 1940. He remained there for the rest of his life, accompanied only by a longtime family servant, Bertha Lee Walton. He converted the attic into a writing space, and spent much of his time there. It remains today as he left it after his death.

Cooper set up the Madison Alexander Cooper and Martha Roane Cooper Foundation in honor of his parents in 1943 with the stated goal "to make Waco a better place in which to live". At his death he left his entire estate, totaling $3 million, to the Foundation. His house was also left to the Foundation as a headquarters building.

Street address: 1801 Austin Ave Waco, TX USA 76701 County / Borough / Parish: McLennan County Year listed: 1982 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Commerce/Trade Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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