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Amicable Life Building
425 Austin Avenue
Waco TX United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1910 | | Finished | 1911 | | Floor Count | 21 | | Basement Floors | 1 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - beaux arts | | Materials | | - terra cotta |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 282 ft | | | | | to the top of the observation tower | | | | | Main roof | | 246 ft | | | | | | | |
Description
• At its completion, this was the tallest commercial office building in Texas.
• The Amicable Life Building was one of the few buildings to survive and F4 tornado that tore through downtown Waco in 1953.
• This was the tallest building west of the Mississippi in 1911.
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