Souvenir Postcard

ID: 688 ~ Creator: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: McLennan County Courthouse
Souvenir Postcard

A Victorian-style jail used to be located just behind the McLennan County Courthouse. While beautiful in appearance, its design rendered it impractical as inmate populations increased during the early twentieth century.

This file appears in: McLennan County Courthouse

By Jordan Ortiz-Lovince & Prisca Bird
Built in 1901, the McLennan County Courthouse holds pride of place within Waco as not only a functioning center of justice but also the city’s most impressive civic building. Designed by James Riley Gordon, the renowned architect responsible for the…