Jerome Park Reservoir
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Jerome Park Reservoir | |
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| Location | Goulden, Reservoir and Sedgwick Aves., Bronx, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°52′40″N 73°53′44″W / 40.87778°N 73.89556°W / 40.87778; -73.89556 |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001014 |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 2000[1] |
The Jerome Park Reservoir is a reservoir of the New York City water supply system located in Jerome Park in the borough of the Bronx in New York City.
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The reservoir was completed in 1906, built to receive the waters of the New York City water supply system's New Croton aqueduct.[2] The land had belonged to the Jerome Park Racetrack, which was condemned, bought by New York City, and closed in 1889.[3][4] The track had been part of the former Old Bathgate Estate owned by Winston Churchill's maternal grandfather Leonard Walter Jerome (1817–1891), for whom the racetrack was originally named; it opened in 1866 and was the site of the inaugural Belmont Stakes the following year.
The reservoir is located in the North Bronx, New York City. It is surrounded by DeWitt Clinton High School, the Bronx High School of Science, Lehman College, and Walton High School. In 1996, residents organized under the leadership of Jerome Park Conservancy to stop the city from converting the site to a water treatment plant; the effort was successful.
The reservoir was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1] The related High Pumping Station had been listed in 1983.[1]
The Croton Water Filtration Plant was built in another part of the North Bronx underneath Van Cortlandt Park.[5][6] In connection with this work, the Croton system was taken offline and the reservoir emptied in December 2008. It was refilled and returned to service in early 2014.[7] In November 2015, the DEP experimentally opened the perimeter to the public for tours.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ "Jerome Park Reservoir". Scientific American. June 1, 1901. p. 342 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Comfort, Randall. "Old Mansions of the West Bronx". The History Box. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
- ↑ Kathleen Howe (June 2000). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Jerome Park Reservoir. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 24, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ↑ Dunlap, David W. (May 8, 2015). "As a Plant Nears Completion, Croton Water Flows Again to New York City". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ↑ Nessen, Stephen (June 17, 2015). "Nearly 30 Years and $3.5 Billion Later, NYC Gets Its First Filtration Plant". WNYC. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ↑ Bronx Photo Gallery 2014 Kermit Project
- ↑ "Guided Tours and Limited Access Recreation at Jerome Park Reservoir Postponed" (Press release). New York City Department of Environmental Protection. September 30, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
External links
- Jerome Park, at New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- Jerome Park Reservoir, Bronx, Kadinsky, Sergey Hidden Waters Blog January 5, 2017
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