High Service Water Tower and Reservoir

High Service Water Tower and Reservoir
Location Lawrence, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°42′26″N 71°11′1″W / 42.70722°N 71.18361°W / 42.70722; -71.18361Coordinates: 42°42′26″N 71°11′1″W / 42.70722°N 71.18361°W / 42.70722; -71.18361
Built 1896
Architect George G. Adams; Albert F. Noyes
Architectural style Italianate, Romanesque
NRHP Reference #

78000450

[1]
Added to NRHP November 20, 1978

The High Service Water Tower and Reservoir are a public water supply facility off Massachusetts Route 110 in Tower Hill, Lawrence, Massachusetts.[2] The reservoir was constructed in 1874-75 to provide the city's public water supply, and the tower was built in 1896 as a high pressure standpipe or water tower. The tower stands 157 feet (48 m) high, and is built out of red brick with granite trim. It is Romanesque in its style, and was designed by George G. Adams, a noted local architect. The standpipe inside the tower is of steel construction and is 102 feet (31 m) in height. The area above the standpipe includes a balcony capped by a chateauesque roof, with round-arch windows providing views of the area. The main tower is octagonal in shape, with a narrow round staircase tower projection from one side.[3]

The tower and reservoir were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Arrington, Benjamin F. (1922). Municipal history of Essex County in Massachusetts, Volume 2. Lewis historical publishing company. pp. 503–504.
  3. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for High Service Water Tower". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
High Service Water Tower (1896), also called Tower Hill Water Tower, a notable eyecatcher or folly, named an American Water Landmark in 1979 by the American Water Works Association.


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