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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1928/00/00 El Conquistador Water Tower is erected to serve residents in the Solana neighborhood.
1932/00/00 Roy Place Architect After discovering that prospective buyers balked at living near the ugly El Conquistador water tower on lot 36 of the old Brown land, John W Murphey has the water tower clad in a Spanish colonial revival style sheathing of chicken wire and plaster.
1932/00/00 John Wesley Murphey Developer After discovering that prospective buyers balked at living near the ugly El Conquistador water tower on lot 36 of the old Brown land, John W Murphey has the water tower clad in a Spanish colonial revival style sheathing of chicken wire and plaster.

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Particulars for El Conquistador Water Tower:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Late 19th and 20th century revivals
Architectural Style Spanish Colonial Revival
Sight Category Structure
Historic Use Water Works



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 20th June 1980

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: El Conquistador Water Tower
Registry Address: Broadway and Randolph Way
Registry Number: 80000771
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Local
Architect: Joesler,Josias T.; Murphy,John W.
Architectural Style: Late 19th and 20th century revivals, Other
Attribute: Spanish Colonial Revival
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1928
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Water works
Current Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Water works

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