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Paradise Water Tower

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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
WPA

Opened
  
1938

Architectural styles
  
Art Deco, WPA Rustic

Built
  
1938

NRHP Reference #
  
06001242

Added to NRHP
  
17 January 2007

Paradise Water Tower

Location
  
E of int. of Waldo and Main Sts., Paradise, Kansas

The Paradise Water Tower, of Paradise, Kansas, is a historic Works Progress Administration project of 1938. It is located east of the intersection of Waldo and Main Sts. in Paradise. The tower was designed in the WPA Rustic style and features an Art Deco limestone entrance surround. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

It is a 17-foot diameter rusticated limestone tower that rises 35 feet and can hold up to 58,000 gallons of water.

References

Paradise Water Tower Wikipedia