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Amicable Life Building

425 Austin Avenue
Waco TX United States

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began1910
  Finished1911
Floor Count21
Basement Floors1
Building Uses
 - office
Structural Types
 - highrise

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof282 ftUnconfirmed
to the top of the observation tower
Main roof246 ftUnconfirmed
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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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