Marker Inscription
Community Planning and Develpment, Engineering
Historic Place
Belton Standpipe
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About this site
Belton Standpipe is a historic place in Belton, Bell County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 51 historic places documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 411 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0493, -97.4699 near Belton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kinchion, L. B., House (historic place), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Muehlhause House, Clark House, and Hammersmith, John P., House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2090001900. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Belton Standpipe is a 75-foot concrete water tower built in 1914 for about $6,000 that supplied the city's water until the 1970s. A rare surviving example of a once-common structure type, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 1991 and became a City of Belton local historic landmark in 2020. The city later developed the surrounding Standpipe Park around the landmark.
Sources: mykiss1031.comatlas.thc.texas.gov
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