325 E 4TH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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325 E 4TH ST

Architecture and History Inventory
325 E 4TH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Neillsville Standpipe
Other Name:Water Tower
Contributing:
Reference Number:6092
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):325 E 4TH ST
County:Clark
City:Neillsville
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1926
Additions:
Survey Date:2004
Historic Use:water utility
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Concrete
Architect: Tierweiller Brothers (concrete); Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Corporation (metal tank)
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Neillsville Standpipe
National Register Listing Date:9/9/2013
State Register Listing Date:11/16/2012
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Built summer of 1926, cost $27,000.

2016- "This standpipe replaces the original built by the city in 1890 which collapsed due to a large ice cap. The Pittsburgh-DeMoines Steel Corporation built the current structure. They are most famous for building the St. Louis Arch. They recommended the selection of an elevated steel tank encased in a concrete shell at a cost of $27,000. The shell furnishes protection from the cold and protects the interior water tower from the pressure of the wind. As you look up at the structure please take time to note the exterior pilasters, battlement cresting, arrow windows and quarter moon designs that would be found on medieval castles. this was intended to resemble the 1897 Clark Co. Jail and was to have been painted brown."
-"Neillsville, Wisconsin Historical & Architectural Tour", Prepared by the Neillsville Historic Preservation Commission, 2016.
Bibliographic References:Neillsville Centennial Keepsake Edition, The Clark County Press, 1 July 1982, p. 6.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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