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Madison Waterworks
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	E. Gorham St. between N. Franklin and N. Hancock St., Madison, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°04′49″N 89°22′59″W / 43.08028°N 89.38306°W / 43.08028; -89.38306 (Madison Waterworks)
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1917 (1917)
Architect	Balch & Lippert
Architectural style	Prairie School
NRHP reference No.	80000125
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1980

Madison Waterworks, also known as Nichols Station, is a historic building on East Gorham Street between North Franklin and North Hancock in Madison, Wisconsin. The building was built in 1917 as part of an effort to overhaul Madison's municipal water system; in addition to its new pumping station, the city also began supplying its water system from Lake Mendota rather than artesian wells. To maintain the city's water supply during construction, the new pumping station was built around the original. Architects Balch & Lippert designed the building in a functional interpretation of the Prairie School style with mock turrets, a parapet along the roof, and several gables. The city reused elements of the design in many of the later buildings it built for the water system. The building originally included two Allis-Chalmers steam pumping engines, one of which still remained when the station was decommissioned in 1976; according to the Historic American Engineering Record, it is a rare surviving example of a large steam pumping engine.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 1980.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Donath, David (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Madison Waterworks". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 14, 2020. With two photos.
3. "Madison Waterworks". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-03-06.

• National Register of Historic Places in Madison, Wisconsin
• Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
• Water supply pumping stations on the National Register of Historic Places
• Prairie School architecture in Wisconsin
• Industrial buildings completed in 1917