{"nrhp_refnum":"80001403","name":"Peoria Waterworks","other_names":["Pumping Station #1","Pumping Station #2","Main Well House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lorentz Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peoria","county":"Peoria County","state":"IL","lat":40.72465893700007,"lon":-89.55227993299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A waterworks complex of three buildings at the foot of Lorentz Avenue, about 3.5 miles northeast of downtown Peoria, Illinois: Pumping Station #1 (1890), the Main Well House (1890) and Pumping Station #2 (1913).","why_significant":"The complex is the core of the municipal water system that helped Peoria develop as a major manufacturing center. Pumping Station #1 is the area's strongest example of Romanesque Revival civic architecture, and the group is known locally as the \"Water Works.\" The buildings remain largely as built and are still in use.","narrative":"Three brick buildings at the foot of Lorentz Avenue, northeast of downtown Peoria, make up the city's long-serving waterworks. Pumping Station #1 and the round Main Well House date to 1890, when the eastern owners Moffatt, Hodgkins, and Clark rebuilt the water system. Water first flowed from the new station on December 1, 1890. Pumping Station #2, designed by Hotchkiss & Harris, was added in 1913, and the older pumps then served as standby equipment. Station #1 is a strong example of Romanesque Revival design, with a rough stone base, deep window reveals, a four-story tower with corner turrets, and zinc griffins on the roof known locally as gargoyles. Inside, a circular pump well about fifty feet across and three stories deep once held steam-driven pumps. The complex has changed little apart from a removed smokestack, glass block windows and a 1959 addition. Its significance rests on its role in Peoria's growth as a manufacturing center and its architecture. It is still in use.","period_of_significance":"1890-1913","architect_builder":"Moffatt, Hodgkins, and Clark (builder/owner, Pumping Station #1 and Main Well House); Hotchkiss & Harris, Architects (Pumping Station #2)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival (Pumping Station #1); the other two buildings are described as having no definite style","criteria":[],"status_note":"The buildings are in good to excellent condition and remain in full use as a water utility, with the original site unchanged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.863778-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/8938/28893847/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001403.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001403/d2596306da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001403/d2596306da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Esvobod2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peoria_Waterworks_Main_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Esvobod2</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peoria_Waterworks_Main_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893847","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_Waterworks","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14688015"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/peoria-county/peoria-waterworks-80001403/"}