McLennan County Courthouse
Brazos Trail Region
501 Washington Ave.
Waco, Texas
With a dome perhaps influenced by St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome, the courthouse’s opulent character speaks to the prosperity of Waco when it was built in 1901 at the peak of Texas cotton wealth. This is one of only two courthouses designed by famed courthouse architect J. Riely Gordon in the Neo Classical Beaux Arts style, a departure from his more typical and earlier Romanesque Revival buildings. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
McLennan County Courthouse
501 Washington Ave.
Waco, Texas