Chicago Water Tower

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building historic water tower landmark tourist attraction

The Chicago Water Tower is a historic limestone structure on Michigan Avenue that famously survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and has become an iconic symbol of the city.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chicago Water Tower canonical 13
Chicago Water Tower on North Michigan Avenue 1
Historic Water Tower 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building ⓘ
historic water tower ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1975 ⓘ
architect William W. Boyington ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
category Gothic Revival architecture in Illinois ⓘ
Historic district contributing properties in Illinois ⓘ
Towers in Chicago ⓘ
Water towers in Illinois ⓘ
completionDate 1869 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1867 ⓘ
coordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
surface form: World Geodetic System 1984
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Cook County
currentUse gallery ⓘ
visitor information center ⓘ
designatedChicagoLandmark 1971 ⓘ
hasImageDepiction Chicago Water Tower self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Water Tower on North Michigan Avenue
hasNickName Historic Water Tower ⓘ
surface form: Old Water Tower
hasType standpipe water tower ⓘ
height 154 feet ⓘ
47 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation Chicago Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
isIconOf Magnificent Mile ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood Magnificent Mile ⓘ
locatedOn North Michigan Avenue ⓘ
location Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
materialUsed Joliet limestone ⓘ
municipality Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
nearby John Hancock Center ⓘ
Water Tower Place ⓘ
notableFor iconic silhouette on Michigan Avenue ⓘ
surviving Great Chicago Fire ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 75000644 ⓘ
operatedBy Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: City of Chicago
originalFunction housing standpipe ⓘ
municipal water tower ⓘ
ownedBy Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: City of Chicago
partOf Chicago waterworks ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Avenue Pumping Station complex
survivedEvent Great Chicago Fire of 1871 ⓘ
symbolOf Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: City of Chicago
touristRegion Downtown Chicago area ⓘ
surface form: Downtown Chicago

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago waterworks → hasPart → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Chicago waterworks → connectsTo → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Chicago waterworks → heritageDesignationAppliesToPart → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Chicago waterworks → partiallySurvived → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Historic Water Tower → nickname → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Water Tower Place → namedAfter → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Water Tower Place → nearbyLandmark → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Chicago Water Tower → hasImageDepiction → Chicago Water Tower self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago Water Tower on North Michigan Avenue
North Michigan Avenue → hasLandmark → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Water Tower
William W. Boyington → notableWork → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
William W. Boyington → designed → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Water Tower Campus → near → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Chicago 'L' Red Line Chicago station (nearby) → hasNearbyLandmark → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Illinois → contains → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Chicago Water Tower and Pumping Station
Chicago Avenue Pumping Station → adjacentTo → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ
Michigan Avenue → hasLandmark → Chicago Water Tower ⓘ