Methuen Water Works

Methuen Water Works
Location Methuen, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°44′23″N 71°12′53″W / 42.73972°N 71.21472°WCoordinates: 42°44′23″N 71°12′53″W / 42.73972°N 71.21472°W
Built 1893
Architect Worthington,E.,Jr., & Co.
Architectural style Romanesque
Governing body Local
MPS Methuen MRA
NRHP Reference #

84002403

[1]
Added to NRHP January 20, 1984

The Methuen Water Works is a historic water works building on Cross Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. The town established a water board in 1893, which managed the construction of a reservoir on Foster's Hill, and the construction of this building, a single story brick and stone Romanesque Revival structure designed by Boston architect E. F. Boyden. Its main body has a hipped slate roof, there is a tower with a four sided steep shingled roof, and there is a circular side section with a conical roof.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Methuen Water Works". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-07.