Silver City Water Works Building

	Silver City Water Works Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	NM State Register of Cultural Properties
Location	Little Walnut Rd., Silver City, New Mexico
Coordinates	32°47′00″N 108°16′44″W / 32.78333°N 108.27889°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1886
Built by	John Hill
NRHP reference No.	84002950
NMSRCP No.	916
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 26, 1984
Designated NMSRCP	January 14, 1983

The Silver City Water Works Building is a historic building located on Little Walnut Rd. in Silver City, New Mexico, United States. The building was constructed in 1887 to provide Silver City with a municipal water system. While the city had established an electrical system and telegraph connections, it lacked reliable drinking water and a fire prevention system, as an earlier attempt to build a water system was never completed. George H. Utter obtained a contract to supply water to Silver City in 1886, and he commissioned Michigan stonemason John Hill to build the water works. The sandstone water works is the only sandstone building from the 1800s in Silver City, as brick was a much more common building material. While the water system opened and initially operated successfully, by 1890 Utter was accused of supplying undrinkable water and failing to meet the city's expectations for service. East Coast investors Henry and Thomas Foster took over the water works in the ensuing years after an extended legal battle with Utter.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Berry, Susan (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Silver City Water Works Building". National Park Service. Retrieved November 20, 2014. Accompanied by photos.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Berry, Susan (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Silver City Water Works Building". National Park Service. Retrieved November 20, 2014. Accompanied by photos.

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