Jesse Cooper House

Historical marker location:

Wilbarger Point, off SH 29, 1.5 mi. E, Georgetown, Texas

( Wilbarger Point, north of SH 29, just west of NE Inner Loop)

Marker installed: 1988

Tennessee native Jesse Eugene Cooper (1855-1944) came to Texas in 1876. The following year he helped establish a Georgetown newspaper, the "Williamson County Sun." In addition to his role as editor, he also founded a local bank and cottonseed oil mill. The C. S. Belford Lumber Co. built this home for Cooper and his second wife, Sara (Wilbarger) (d. 1935), in 1911-12. The American Foursquare design features rustic detailing of native limestone.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1988.

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