It is significant as a good example of early 20th-century steel elevated water tower design, and its association with Anson Marston and the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.

He also assisted with this water tower's design, and went on to career as a civil engineer in San Francisco.

It replaced a pump house with a steam-powered engine and a large water tank that was built near the town's well in 1894.

The superstructure rests on concrete piers with limestone capstones, and the tank is capped with a pagoda-shaped roof.

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