TALLEST Building in Waco, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 33.414 W 097° 07.912
14R E 677312 N 3492836
It is 22 stories tall and when completed it was the TALLEST building in the Texas. For many years it held the title of the TALLEST building south of the Mason-Dixon line and the TALLEST building west of the Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WMMQ0J
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2014
Views: 7
Wikipedia Source:
"It was built in 1910 by the architectural firm Sanguinet & Staats and associate architect Roy Lane, for the Amicable Life Insurance Company at a cost of $755,000. It was completed in only one year."
"The building is today owned by the American-Amicable Life Insurance Company of Texas (a subsidiary of Industrial Alliance), and remains the tallest building in Waco by far. The acronym "ALICO" is spelled in red neon letters on the top floor, and can be seen for many miles."
"The ALICO Building was one of the few downtown office buildings that survived the 1953 Waco tornado outbreak. It swayed several feet when the tornado hit it directly, but its steel frame structure allowed it to survive the winds."
"ALICO stands for Amicable Life Insurance Company. This was the company that incorporated and contracted to have the building built back in 1910. In 1965, Amicable Life Insurance Company and American Life Insurance Company merged to become the American-Amicable Life Insurance Company."