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Chicago Water Tower

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Place Water Tower Q862890

Facts

11 properties

Designation

Instance of
water tower
Heritage designation
National Register of Historic Places contributing property[9]

Location

Country
United States[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.897°, -87.624°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chicago, Illinois[3][4]

Period and style

Architect
William W. Boyington[6]
Architectural style
Gothic Revival[7]
Height
+55[11]
More facts +3
Award received
American Water Landmark[2]
Part of
Old Chicago Water Tower District[8]
Native label
Chicago Water Tower[10]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Chicago Water Tower (October 2008).jpg ↗
ArchINFORM project ID
36212
Emporis building ID
212561
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Chicago-Water-Tower
Freebase ID
/m/032tgs
GeoNames ID
4887535
Iconoteca dell'Accademia di architettura ID
3214
OpenStreetMap way ID
130147025
Structurae structure ID
20040181
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Building", "ChicagoWaterTower::286fs"]
📚 Sources · 1
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Elevation above sea levelP2044
179 m 2026-09-26 S/TOWR · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
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Located in time zoneP421
America/Chicago 2026-09-26 S/TOWR · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Chicago, Illinois
Architect 1
William W. Boyington
Architectural style 1
Gothic Revival
Award received 1
American Water Landmark
Country 1
United States
Created notable works 1
William W. Boyington
Instance of 1
water tower
Named after 1
Sofitel Chicago Water Tower
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Summary

Chicago Water Tower is a water tower[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Chicago Water Tower include Sofitel Chicago Water Tower[12], a skyscraper[13], in United States[14], founded in 2002[15].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Sofitel Chicago Water Tower[12], a skyscraper[13], in United States[14], founded in 2002[15].

FAQs

What awards did Chicago Water Tower receive?

Honors received include American Water Landmark[2].

Related Entities

Illinois United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . awwa.org. Retrieved . awwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architect → William W. Boyington
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Building", "ChicagoWaterTower::286fs"]
    Part of → Old Chicago Water Tower District
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Chicago, Illinois
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Building", "ChicagoWaterTower::286fs"], batch #257096"
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