• The Chicago Water Tower now serves as a Chicago Office of Tourism as a small art gallery known as the City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower.
  • One of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire, the Historic Water Tower is an icon on North Michigan Avenue and houses the City Gallery...
  • There’s no need to worry about future threats. In 1969, the Chicago Water Tower became the first water works to be designated as an American Water Landmark.
  • In May of 1969, the Chicago Water Tower was selected by the American Water Works Association to be the first American Water Landmark.
  • The Chicago Water Tower, built in 1869, is certainly a fairy tale design for something that was merely dressing for a 135 foot iron standpipe.
  • Since its survival of the Great Fire, the Water Tower became one of the city’s most famous icons, as it symbolized Chicago’s resilience.
  • Located at 835 North Michigan Avenue, in the shadow of the Hancock building, across the street from the historic Chicago Water Tower, it is a large urban...
  • The Chicago Water Tower was built in 1869. It is recorded in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • Chicago Water Tower The original timber roof structure for the Chicago Water Tower and Pumping Station was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
  • "The Historic Water Tower: Chicago's Gem" (PDF). Illinois History Documents. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2014. ^