Property Record
325 E 4TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Neillsville Standpipe |
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Other Name: | Water Tower |
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Reference Number: | 6092 |
Location (Address): | 325 E 4TH ST |
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County: | Clark |
City: | Neillsville |
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Year Built: | 1926 |
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Survey Date: | 2004 |
Historic Use: | water utility |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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Wall Material: | Concrete |
Architect: | Tierweiller Brothers (concrete); Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Corporation (metal tank) |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Neillsville Standpipe |
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National Register Listing Date: | 9/9/2013 |
State Register Listing Date: | 11/16/2012 |
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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. |
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Bibliographic References: | Neillsville Centennial Keepsake Edition, The Clark County Press, 1 July 1982, p. 6. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |