{"nrhp_refnum":"76001519","name":"Ottawa Waterworks Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1035 E. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ottawa","county":"Putnam County","state":"OH","lat":41.02152341400006,"lon":-84.03651899999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red brick waterworks building at 1035 E. Third Street in Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio, built in 1904 under the village's first Board of Public Affairs. It sits in a park on the near east side of the village.","why_significant":"It was the first pumping station in Putnam County and the village's first major water improvement program, supplying residents with their first piped water. The form also describes it as an interesting, well-planned example of a public building, with a symmetrical facade and a tile roof that gives it an oriental influence.","narrative":"Built in 1904, this one-story red brick building at 1035 E. Third Street served as Ottawa's waterworks. It was the first pumping station in Putnam County and the village's first major water improvement program, delivering piped water to residents for the first time. It was built under the direction of the first Board of Public Affairs, created under the Ohio municipal code of 1892. The building rests on a rough-cut sandstone foundation, with brick pilasters dividing the symmetrical nine-section facade. Round-arched transoms and stone lintels form a continuous band across the front. A steeply pitched hip roof of red curved tiles, a louvered cupola and finials give it an oriental influence. It stands in a park on the east side of the village. Since a new water treatment plant was completed, the building has been used for storage and for pumps serving the industrial waterline. The village planned to restore it as a Senior Citizens Center.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition. Used for storage and to house pumps and related equipment for the industrial waterline system. The village intended to restore it as a Senior Citizens Center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.065811-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001519.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001519/0621a50d08-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001519/0621a50d08-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ottawa_Waterworks_Building,_original_building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ottawa_Waterworks_Building,_original_building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991078","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Waterworks_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716772"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/putnam-county/ottawa-waterworks-building-76001519/"}