The Cottage Kitchen luncheon at the Charles S. Cock House Museum is on a hiatus this month.
Charles S. Cock, a pioneer and former mayor of San Marcos, built the home, now located at 400 E. Hopkins St., in 1867 of pine, elm, cedar and native limestone. One hundred years later, it received a Texas Historical Marker medallion and in 1973 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. That same year, the San Marcos Bicentennial Commission initiated the restoration of the home, completing the project in 1976.
The Heritage Association — created to continue the work of the Bicentennial Commission — opened the house for tours, receptions and luncheons throughout 1976. And the Heritage Guild, a committee of the association, began offering the cottage kitchen luncheons in that same year, in what is now the oldest residential building in San Marcos. The luncheon has been a local tradition ever since.
