The Tower

The Tower

1942

University of Montevallo

The Tower, pictured above, is one of the most recognizable and historic structures on the University of Montevallo's campus. Erected in 1910, the Tower provided the Alabama Girls' Industrial School, the name by which the University of Montevallo was then known, with a steady supply of water. Centrally-located and capable of holding up to 100,000 gallons of water, the Tower's water tank allowed access to clean water for both the campus and the community of Montevallo. In 1942, the year in which this photograph appeared in the Montage, the Tower held Alabama College's water supply and was the site of the school's fire siren. The Tower continued to serve as the school's water supply until 1962. Since that time, the Tower has served a number of functions for Alabama College, and later, the University of Montevallo. Over one hundred years after its construction, the Tower is now the home of the University of Montevallo's Environmental Studies Program and the Office of Sustainability Initiatives. Since 1932, Montevallo's student literary publication, The Tower, has been named after this famous structure.

1910-present

University of Montevallo

Architecture

Alabama College. Montage. Montevallo, Ala.: Alabama College, 1942. Annie Crawford Milner Archives and Special Collections, Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo.

Christopher Hightower

Alabama College

Architecture

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