Area less than one acre Architectural style Chicago Opened 1915 | Built 1915 NRHP Reference # 84001911 Added to NRHP 26 July 1984 | |
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Location front: 601 Franklin Ave. [rear: 121 S. 6th St., Waco, Texas Architect C. W. Bulger & Co.; Builder: Hughes O'Rourke Const. Similar Mayborn Museum Complex, Texas Ranger Hall of Fa, Waco Suspension Bridge, Floyd Casey Stadium, Branch Davidians | ||
The Praetorian Building is an historic 7-story building located at 601 Franklin Avenue in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. Designed by the Dallas architectural firm of C. W. Bulger & Co. in the Chicago school or Modern style of architecture, it was built it 1915 by Hughes O'Rourke Construction to house the Praetorian Insurance Company whose main office, the Praetorian Building in Dallas, had been designed by C. E. Bulger in 1905. Other names the building has borne over the years are Franklin Tower, the Service Mutual Building and Southwestern Building.
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