Mesa Pump Plant
a.k.a. City Water Works; Mesa Water Boosting Station
4901 Fred Wilson Ave., El Paso, TXThe El Paso City Water Department built the Mesa Water Boosting Station in 1937-1938 to replace the aging ca. 1904 Mesa Pump Plant. It is locally significant for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for its role as a water-related facility in El Paso. The Mesa Water Boosting Station is also significant as a good local example of Pueblo Deco architecture and remains one of the only Pueblo Deco municipal buildings in El Paso. The boosting station's period of significance, ca. 1904 to 1959, reflects the property's history as a water-related facility since the ca. 1904 construction of the Mesa Pump Plant. Because the ca. 1904 infrastructure was incorporated into the overall design of the later-constructed facility, there is continuity among extant resources on the property. The 50-year guideline was the basis for the 1959 cut-off date since the facility still functions, though only in an emergency capacity.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.