Compton Hill Water Tower
- Architect
- Harvey Ellis
- Year
- 1898
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- St. Louis, MO
- Collection
- romanesque revival
The Compton Hill Water Tower was designed by Harvey Ellis and completed in 1898 in the Romanesque Revival style. It functions as an ornamental standpipe tower and is one of St. Louis's most visible landmarks.
the building
Ornamental standpipe. The tower was built as an ornamental standpipe tower, a highly visible structure on Compton Hill designed to dress a piece of water infrastructure in Romanesque Revival architectural form.
the style
Harvey Ellis designed the tower in the Romanesque Revival style, completed in 1898.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
The Compton Hill Water Tower was designed by Harvey Ellis.
significance
The tower is listed among the Landmarks of St. Louis and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Immaculate Conception Church and Rectory
- Edward Wyman School
- Harris–Stowe State University
- Pevely Dairy Company Plant
- St. Francis de Sales Church
- 138th Infantry Missouri National Guard Armory