North Point Water Tower
At the foot of East North Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Victorian Gothic Water Tower on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, encloses an iron standpipe.
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Overview Looking West
The North Point Water Tower has been a fixture of Milwaukee's East Side since 1873.
Photo taken by J.R. Manning
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Coordinates:
+43.05970, -87.8798643°03'35" N, 87°52'47" W
Quadrangle map:Milwaukee
Description
"Part of the complex erected for the Milwaukee Water Works almost one hundred years ago, the lofty Victorian Gothic Water Tower stands on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan and encloses an iron standpipe that originally served to relieve city water mains of pulsations from pumping engines housed in the lake-front pumping station. Modern equipment has made the facility unnecessary, but tower and standpipe have remained, little altered through the years. Long a notable feature of the city's skyline and often praised for its beauty, the Water Tower has recently been accorded official landmark status by the Milwaukee Landmarks Commission and the American Water Works Association."
~ Statement of Significance, HABS/HAER Report July 15, 1969National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1973
- Reference number
- 73000088
- Architectural style
- Victorian: Gothic
- Areas of significance
- Engineering; Architecture
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Structure
- Historic function
- Public works
- Period of significance
- 1850-1874
- Significant years
- 1873; 1874
Update Log
- March 29, 2013: New photos from J.R. Manning
- June 27, 2011: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Description
- October 2, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning
- July 1, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth