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Hall of Waters

Coordinates: 39°20′30″N 94°13′20″W / 39.34167°N 94.22222°W / 39.34167; -94.22222
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Hall of Waters
Hall of Waters, March 2010
Hall of Waters is located in Missouri
Hall of Waters
Hall of Waters is located in the United States
Hall of Waters
Location201 E. Broadway, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Coordinates39°20′30″N 94°13′20″W / 39.34167°N 94.22222°W / 39.34167; -94.22222
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1880 (1880), 1934
ArchitectKeene & Simpson
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No.83000977[1]
Added to NRHPJune 9, 1983

Hall of Waters, also known as Siloam Park and Springs, is a historic building located at Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri. It was designed by the architectural firm Keene & Simpson and built in 1934 as Public Works Administration Project #5252. It is a five level, reinforced concrete "T"-shaped building with strong Art Deco and Depression Modern features. It features a decorative boiler stack tower with cast stone and an aluminum cap 30 feet high. It is the site of the first spring of many discovered in Excelsior Springs in the 1880s and 1890s.[2]: 3, 8 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the Excelsior Springs Hall of Waters Commercial East Historic District.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Patti Banks (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hall of Waters" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.