- Chillicothe Water and Power Company Pumping Station
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Chillicothe Water And Power Company Pumping Station
Front of the building
Location: Enderlin Circle, Chillicothe, Ohio Coordinates: 39°20′22″N 82°58′55″W / 39.33944°N 82.98194°WCoordinates: 39°20′22″N 82°58′55″W / 39.33944°N 82.98194°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1881 Architectural style: Gothic Revival Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 79001932[1] Added to NRHP: November 15, 1979 The Chillicothe Water and Power Company Pumping Station is a historic building on the northern side of Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. A Gothic Revival structure built in 1881,[1] it was constructed to house the city's waterworks and power plant. Its architecture and its location in Yoctangee Park was chosen specifically in order to beautify the park as well as to have a location near other elements of the city's first waterworks, which were built at the same time as the pumping station.[2]
From 1881 to 1882, Chillicothe constructed a water supply system; among the elements of this system were a well, a massive reservoir, the pumping station in Yoctangee Park, and water mains to supply all parts of the city. A single-story building with a two-and-a-story tower,[2] it is a brick structure with a foundation of sandstone and a slate roof.[3]
By the late 1970s, Chillicothe had erected a new waterworks, and its electricity was supplied by other sources; consequently, the old building was abandoned. Ideas were proposed for its renovation and preservation: plans were laid for its conversion into a community center,[2] and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places late in 1979.[1] Key to its designation as a historic site was its historic architecture, primarily because of its construction as an "ornament" for Yoctangee Park.[2] Today, the pumping station has been converted into an art gallery, the Pump House Art Gallery.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b c d Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1215-1216.
- ^ Chillicothe Water And Power Company Pumping Station, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-09-13.
- ^ Pump House Center for the Arts: About Us, Pump House Center for the Arts, 2010. Accessed 2010-09-13.
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National Historic Landmarks Historic districts Chillicothe Business District | Chillicothe's Old Residential District | Grandview Cemetery | Great Seal Park Archeological District | Charles Metzger Mound | Seip Earthworks and Dill Mounds District
Other properties Adena Mound | Levi Anderson House | Howard Baum Site (33RO270) | Austin Brown Mound | Buchwalter House-Applethorpe Farm | T.C. Campbell Mound | Canal Warehouse | Cedar-Bank Works | Chillicothe Water and Power Company Pumping Station | Frankfort Works Mound | Gartner Mound and Village Site | Dr. John Harris Dental School | Higby House | High Banks Works | Highbank Farm | Hopewell Mound Group | Kinzer Mound | Henry Mace House | Mary Worthington Macomb House | Mountain House | Oak Hill | Renick House, Paint Hill | Seip House | South Salem Academy | South Salem Covered Bridge | Spruce Hill Works | David Stitt Mound | Story Mound State Memorial | Tanglewood | Vanmeter Church Street House | Anthony and Susan Cardinal Walke House | Wesley Chapel
Formerly listed Kendrick-Barrett House
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in 1881
- Arts centers in Ohio
- Chillicothe, Ohio
- Former power stations in the United States
- Gothic Revival architecture in Ohio
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
- Sandstone buildings
- Water supply infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places
- Buildings and structures in Ross County, Ohio
- Visitor attractions in Ross County, Ohio
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