Old City Waterworks
Appearance
Old City Waterworks | |
Location | Tallahassee, Florida |
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Coordinates | 30°26′8″N 84°16′41″W / 30.43556°N 84.27806°W |
NRHP reference No. | 79000680[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 31, 1979 |
The Old City Waterworks is a historic site in Tallahassee, Florida. It is located at East Gaines and South Gadsden Streets. On January 31, 1979, it was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.
Prior to the Old City Waterworks, water was obtained from springs. By 1890 public works for water was needed for firefighting and the health of Tallahassee's citizens and the Old City Waterworks was built in 1904 on Gaines Street. The current building was remodeled in the 1920s to 1930s and closed in 1980.[2]
Currently the building is under construction and planned for adaptive reuse as Amicus Brewing Ventures, a craft beer taproom and brewery.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Historic Trails .pdf Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WTXL Tallahassee ABC27
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Old City Waterworks.
- Leon County listings at National Register of Historic Places
- Leon County listings at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Tallahassee, Florida
- Historic buildings and structures in Leon County, Florida
- Water supply pumping stations on the National Register of Historic Places
- Water in Florida
- Infrastructure completed in 1904
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
- National Register of Historic Places in Tallahassee, Florida
- History of Tallahassee, Florida
- 1904 establishments in Florida
- Water supply infrastructure in Florida
- Big Bend Region, Florida Registered Historic Place stubs
- Leon County, Florida geography stubs
- Tallahassee, Florida stubs