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Praetorian Building
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| Location: | front: 601 Franklin Ave. [rear: 121 S. 6th St., Waco, Texas |
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| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1915 |
| Architect: | C. W. Bulger & Co.; Builder: Hughes O'Rourke Const. |
| Architectural style: | Chicago |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
84001911 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 26, 1984 |
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. Bolger in 1905. Other names the building has borne over the years are the Service Mutual Building, Southwestern Building, Franklin Tower, One Liberty Place and Liberty Building. On July 26, 1984, the Praetorian Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In recent years the first floor has been used for a restaurant while the upper floors have been used for offices, rental apartment and lofts. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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