ST. LOUIS – Compton Hill is home to a French Romanesque-style water tower that gave Victorian-era visitors the best aerial view of the city at the time.
The 179-foot standpipe water tower and its adjacent reservoir were restored in a $19 million restoration funded by the St. Louis Department of Water in 1999, a century after the tower was built in 1899.
Victorian visitors had an impressive view of the St. Louis area—if they were able to make it to the top of the turret’s 198 steps…