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ALICO Building

Building in Waco, Texas

Field	Value
name	ALICO Building
image	File:ALICO Building.jpg
image_caption	Upper floors of ALICO building
map_type	Texas#USA
map_caption	Location within Texas
relief	yes
status	Complete
building_type	Office
architectural_style	Beaux-Arts
address	425 Austin Avenue
location_city	Waco, Texas
location_country	United States of America
coordinates
current_tenants	American-Amicable Life Insurance Company of Texas
start_date
opened_date	August 1911
renovation_date	1966
cost	(equivalent to in )
height	282 ft
structural_system	Steel
material	Brick, Terra Cotta
floor_count	22
elevator_count	3
architecture_firm	Sanguinet & Staats
rooms
website
embed	yes
nrhp_type	cp
nocat	yes
partof	Waco Downtown Historic District
partof_refnum	11001094
designated_nrhp_type
designated_other1	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
designated_other1_date	1982
designated_other1_number	118
designated_other1_num_position	bottom
references

The ALICO Building is a 22-story office building in downtown Waco, Texas, United States, located at the intersection of Austin and 5th Street. The building is currently owned and operated by the American-Amicable Life Insurance Company of Texas (a subsidiary of Industrial Alliance). At 282 ft tall, it is currently the tallest building in Waco.

History

Postcard displaying downtown Waco, including the ALICO building (circa 1913)

The ALICO building was built in 1910 by the architectural firm Sanguinet & Staats for the Amicable Life Insurance Company at a cost of (equivalent to in ), and was completed in one year. It was the tallest building West of the Mississippi River until the Adolphus Hotel was completed in 1912. It is the second oldest skyscraper built in Texas as well as the oldest skyscraper in Texas still standing, after the Praetorian Building in Dallas, built in the year prior to ALICO, was demolished in 2013.

The ALICO Building was not heavily damaged by the 1953 Waco tornado outbreak, unlike many buildings in downtown Waco. It swayed several feet when directly hit by the F5 tornado, although the building escaped severe damage or collapse.

In 1965, Amicable Life Insurance Company and American Life Insurance Company merged to become the American-Amicable Life Insurance Company, the current tenant of the building. In 1966, the building underwent renovations, including the addition of the large neon sign at the top of the building displaying the acronym "ALICO".

In 1982, the ALICO building was designated a historical landmark by the Texas Historical Commission. In 2012, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Waco Downtown Historic District.

References

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