Hall of Waters

Hall of Waters, also known as Siloam Park and Springs, is a historic building located at Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri. It is the site of the first spring of many discovered in Excelsior Springs in the 1880s and 1890s.[2] It was built as a mineral water health resort, with mineral baths and water bottling plant, capturing water from the springs.

Hall of Waters
Hall of Waters, March 2010
Location201 E. Broadway, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Coordinates39°20′30″N 94°13′20″W
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1880 (1880), 1934
ArchitectKeene & Simpson
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No.83000977[1]
Added to NRHPJune 9, 1983

It was designed by the architectural firm Keene & Simpson and built in 1934 as Public Works Administration Project #5252. It is a five level, reinforced concrete "T"-shaped building with strong Art Deco and Depression Modern features. It features a decorative boiler stack tower with cast stone and an aluminum cap 30 feet high.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the Excelsior Springs Hall of Waters Commercial East Historic District. In 2020, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named it as one of America's most endangered historic places. [3] It is currently used as city offices.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Patti Banks (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hall of Waters" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  3. Brandon, Elissaveta M. "Eleven historic places in America that desperately need saving". Smithsonian. Retrieved 20 October 2020.


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