Bissell Street Water Tower, St. Louis

Name: Bissell Street Water Tower
Address: Bissell St, St. Louis, 63107, United States

#120 among attractions in St. Louis

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Bissell Street Water Tower is a historic standpipe water tower located at the junction of Bissell Street and Blair Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. The tower was completed in 1886 and was in service until 1912. It is one of three remaining historic standpipes in Saint Louis, along with the Grand Avenue Water Tower and the Compton Hill Water Tower. ()

Built: 1885 (139 years ago)Coordinates: 38°40'13"N, 90°12'21"W

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Bissell StCollege HillSt. Louis 63107 United States

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Bissell Street Water Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: McKinley Bridge, Grand Avenue Water Tower, Hyde Park, The Griot Museum of Black History.

1.1 miE
Bridge
McKinley Bridge, St. Louis
29 min walk • The McKinley Bridge is a steel truss bridge across the Mississippi River. It connects northern portions of the city of St. Louis, Missouri with Venice, Illinois. It opened in 1910 and was taken out of service on October 30, 2001.
~1060 ftW
Tower
Grand Avenue Water Tower, St. Louis
6 min walk • The Grand Avenue Water Tower is a water tower located at the intersection of Grand Blvd and 20th street in the College Hill neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It is the oldest extant water tower in St. Louis, pre-dating both the Bissell Street Water Tower and the Compton Hill Water Tower.
0.6 miS
Park
Hyde Park, St. Louis
17 min walk • Hyde Park is a municipal park in St. Louis.
1.2 miS
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
The Griot Museum of Black History, St. Louis
32 min walk • The Griot Museum of Black History is a wax museum St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1997. Originally named The Black World History Wax Museum, the organization changed its name to The Griot Museum of Black History in 2009. In some west African countries, the griot, is a historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician.
0.9 miSW
Park
Fairground Park, St. Louis
22 min walk • Fairground Park is a municipal park that opened in 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was originally a privately owned facility, first used by the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association for the St. Louis Exposition from 1856 through 1902.
1 miNW
Park
O'Fallon Park, St. Louis
26 min walk • O'Fallon Park is a municipal park in St. Louis, Missouri, that opened in 1908.
1.1 miE
Bridge
Merchants Bridge, St. Louis
28 min walk • The Merchants Bridge, officially the Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge, is a rail bridge crossing the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and Venice, Illinois.
~1800 ftS
Park
Windsor Park, St. Louis
9 min walk • Windsor Park is a municipal park in St. Louis.
0.9 miSE
Neighbourhood
Near North Riverfront, St. Louis
22 min walk • Near North Riverfront is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Between 1990 and 2000 Near North Riverfront led the city in percentage population growth, growing 89% over the decade.
0.5 miSW
Neighbourhood
Fairground, St. Louis
12 min walk • Fairground is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The neighborhood's boundaries are defined as Glasgow Avenue on the east, west and North Florissant Avenues on the north, Warne on the west, and Fairground Park and Natural Bridge Avenue on the south.
1 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Robison Field, St. Louis
27 min walk • Robison Field is the best-known of several names given to a former Major League Baseball park in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the home of the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League from April 27, 1893 until June 6, 1920.

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Which popular attractions are close to Bissell Street Water Tower?

Nearby attractions include Grand Avenue Water Tower, St. Louis (6 min walk), Windsor Park, St. Louis (9 min walk), Fairground, St. Louis (12 min walk), Hyde Park, St. Louis (17 min walk).

How to get to Bissell Street Water Tower by public transport?

The nearest stations to Bissell Street Water Tower:

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Broadway Taylor Transit Center (35 min walk)