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 Site of Old Texas Cotton Palace
N 31° 32.749 W 097° 08.050
14R E 677115 N 3491604
Texas Historical Marker in a park at S 13th St and Clay Ave, Waco, TX, noting this as the site of the Texas Cotton Palace.
Waymark Code: WMQVM0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2016
Views: 5
Marker Number: 4863
Marker Text:
Founded in 1894, when Waco was cotton capital of the South. After first exposition to mark end of cotton season, original palace burned; was rebuilt, 1909.
Exposition each November had grand royal coronation; nobility came from Texas cities, other states and foreign countries.
Featured farm crops, animals; a "warpath" of sideshows; parades, football games, auto shows, horse races and other attractions.
The 10,000-capacity coliseum was the setting for grand opera, concerts, coronation balls, shows from Broadway, debutante balls.
After 1930, property was sold. (1966)
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