National Register of Historic Places
Manning Water Tower
Manning, Carroll County, Iowa
The record
- Listed
- May 31, 2016
- Type
- Structure
- Address
- 620 3rd St., Manning
- County
- Carroll
- State
- Iowa
- Contributing resources
- 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 41.90885, -95.06316
- Reference number
- 16000296
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The story
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The Manning Water Tower is a steel water tower with a pagoda roof at 620 3rd St. in Manning, Carroll County, built in 1903. The nomination names Anson Marston as architect and Horace E. Horton as builder.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2016 under criterion C, with local-level significance in engineering; the nomination gives its period of significance as 1903, the year of its construction.
Physical character
Riveted steel makes up the frame and tank, which stand on concrete piers capped with limestone capstones, and the steel pagoda roof carries its original cast iron ball finial. It rises 100 feet from the capstones to the railing and holds 60,000 gallons. Steel plates were added in 1903 to the lower outsides of the legs to keep people from climbing, and in the 1970s the roof edge was cut back 12 inches because of deterioration.
Historical context
In 1902 the city council accepted Horton's $7,700 bid for the tower and tank, and by May 16, 1903, D.C. McGuire was in Manning to begin the work. Marston made his final inspection on October 24, 1903.