Property Record
Adjacent to 10424 STH 27
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hayward Water Works Water Tower |
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| Reference Number: | 229979 |
| Location (Address): | Adjacent to 10424 STH 27 |
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| County: | Sawyer |
| City: | Hayward |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 20152014 |
| Historic Use: | public utility/power plant/sewage/water |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The water tower, the supply pipe of which has been removed, is no longer functional. The structure has become a prominent resource associated with the City of Hayward and its identity since an image of the tower has been adapted for use on a poster. 2014- "The Hayward Water Works has two components, a brick building that was originally a pump house (AHI #18564) and an immediately adjacent, steel water tower (AHI #229979). The water tower is a utilitarian structure carried by four steel legs that rise from concrete anchors. The water storage tank is cylindrical and crowned with a conical roof. Prominently painted on the tower is the name "Hayward." Several communication-related antennae are anchored to the tank and project above it. The tower remains today for the sake of the antennae. The pipe that accommodated the passage of water into and out of the tank was removed in 2014. The City of Hayward claimed a water system no later than 1898 that had a 71,428 gallon per hour capacity. By 1909, however the system had a new pump house with two units that, combined, could draw 96,000 gallons of water per hour. Adjacent to the pump house is a steel water tower that was constructed in 1910, reportedly by the Chicago Iron Works. The pump house was subsequently sold at some point and was most recently used as a commercial industrial prope1ty with no evidence remaining inside of its water system history. And, as noted above, the water tower no longer serves its historic purpose, given the removal of its primary fill/drain pipe." - "STH 27, Michigan Avenue to Railroad Street", WisDOT ID #8140-00-00, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Vogel) (2014). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Telephone conversation with John McCue, City of Hayward Public Works Director, March 2015; Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1892, 1898, 1909, 1926, 1926/35. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |