{"nrhp_refnum":"80003048","name":"Eden Park Stand Pipe","other_names":["Eden Park Water Tower"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Eden Park Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.11727046200008,"lon":-84.49012906499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick and sandstone water stand pipe, also called the Eden Park Water Tower, on a knoll at the northern edge of Eden Park in the Walnut Hills area of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons and completed in 1894.","why_significant":"It is part of a thematic group of works by architect Samuel Hannaford & Sons. The tower is a distinctive Romanesque-influenced utility structure with decorative brick and stone detailing, and it serves as a strong focal point in the landscape. It was also designated the 12th American Water Landmark by the American Water Works Association.","narrative":"Rising 172 feet above Eden Park in Cincinnati, this brick water stand pipe combines a tall octagonal turret with a thicker cylindrical tank. Both sit on a tapering octagonal base of coursed sandstone with a Romanesque doorway, small windows and a lion and leaf relief above the entrance. Samuel Hannaford & Sons designed it, and it was completed in 1894 at a cost of $135,000. Water pumped from Station #7 filled the tank and flowed down into the Walnut Hills supply mains. Visitors could ride an elevator or climb a spiral staircase to an outlook for ten cents, and nearly 7,900 people did so in 1895. A renovated water system ended that use by 1907. The tower later served as a guardhouse during World War I, carried an aircraft warning beacon in the 1920s, and now supports radio antennas. Its decorative upper section includes castellations, checkerboard brick and ashlar, and corbels. The American Water Works Association named it a Water Landmark.","period_of_significance":"1894","architect_builder":"Samuel Hannaford & Sons (architect); David Hummel Const. Co. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Functional eclectic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good, exterior; currently used as a radio transmission tower.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.082609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003048/2ca4743017-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003048/2ca4743017-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"EEJCC","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eden_Park_Stand_Pipe,_Cincinnati.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EEJCC</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eden_Park_Stand_Pipe,_Cincinnati.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985398","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Park_Stand_Pipe","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5336899"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/eden-park-stand-pipe-80003048/"}