El Conquistador Water Tower (Tucson, Arizona)

 place with historical importance, water tower, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Mission Revival (architecture)

Historic water tower listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1928 (Mission Revival-style shell added 1932)
Architect: Josias T. Joesler
Architectural style: Mission Revival
Areas of significance: Architecture
Area: less than 1 acre
Height: 90 feet
Also known as: El Con
Date added to NRHP: 6/20/1980
Notes: Once the largest hotel in Tucson, the El Conquistador was controversially demolished in 1968 and the site is now occupied by the El Con Mall. This water tower, located across Broadway Blvd., is the only part of the hotel structure that still stands in its original location. Other parts of the hotel structure were rescued for use elsewhere in Tucson: the original porte cochere was incorporated into the entrance guard structure at the Rancho Sin Vacas development, and the copper dome from the roof of the hotel now rests atop the Casa Blanca shopping center at 6030 N. Oracle Rd.