Walking Tour: Civic Center, St. John's Cathedral & Warehouse Districts, Fresno, California

15. Old Fresno Water Tower (1894)

2444 Fresno Street
George Washington Maher, Architect
American Romanesque

The 250,000-gallon Water Tower was part of the Fresno water system from 1894 to 1963. George W. Maher of Chicago was commissioned to design the Water Tower by the Chicago investors who owned the Fresno Water Company. Maher designed 290 buildings in his life, but only two were in the West and this was the only water tower. The design called for a library on the second and third floors, which never was installed. The Water Tower is in the National Register of Historic Places, and a more detailed description is available.

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