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Praetorian Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	601 Franklin Ave., Waco, Texas
Coordinates	31°33′18″N 97°7′55″W / 31.55500°N 97.13194°W / 31.55500; -97.13194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1915 (1915)
Built by	Hughes O'Rourke Const.
Architect	C. W. Bulger & Co.
Architectural style	Chicago
Part of	Waco Downtown Historic District (ID11001094)
NRHP reference No.	84001911
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 26, 1984
Designated CP	February 3, 2012

The Praetorian Building is a 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 in 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 include the Franklin Tower, Service Mutual Building in 1934, Southwestern Building in 1956 (the year Praetorian sold the building), and Williams Tower from 1989 to 1996. Today, the building houses apartments, retail, and office space.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in McLennan County, Texas

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Hunt, Geoff (May 10, 2021). "Texas Over Time: The Praetorian Building, 601 Franklin Avenue, Waco, TX". The Texas Collection. Baylor University. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
3. Sawyer, Amanda. "The Praetorian". Waco History. Retrieved August 29, 2023.

External links

Media related to Praetorian Building at Wikimedia Commons

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