Editing McLennan County, Texas (section)

===County Courthouse===
The current County Courthouse, the fourth to be built, is located in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]]. Completed in 1902 in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] style, it is the next-to-last example of architect [[James Riely Gordon]]'s Texas courthouses. Of the eighteen he designed, thirteen remain standing. The first county courthouse was completed in 1851 for $500, and was a two-story log cabin that was 30' x 30'. McLennan's second courthouse was a two-story brick building completed in 1857 for $11,000. The third courthouse was styled after Second Empire by architect [[W.C. Dodson]], and completed in 1877 at a cost of $24,894.50.
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