Wichita Falls, Texas: World's Smallest Skyscraper
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WalksfarTX
N 33° 54.864 W 098° 29.384
14S E 547169 N 3752782
Only four stories tall, and skinny. Built by a con man who duped the city into believing he would build a 40 story skyscraper. You can climb the skyscraper; access is through the Artifact Emporium antique shop next door.
Waymark Code: WMPZXM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2015
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What was formerly a municipal embarrassment is now on the US National Register of Historic Places.
What a difference a century makes! When this building was completed in 1919, Wichita Falls city leaders were horrified. They thought this structure would make their city a national laughingstock.
Today, it is one of the coolest and quirkiest things about this town, and has a place on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building to the Depot Square Historic District.