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Jerome Park Reservoir

Jerome Park Reservoir
Jerome Park Reservoir is located in New York City
Jerome Park Reservoir
Jerome Park Reservoir is located in New York
Jerome Park Reservoir
Jerome Park Reservoir is located in the United States
Jerome Park Reservoir
LocationGoulden, Reservoir and Sedgwick Aves., Bronx, New York
Coordinates40°52′40″N 73°53′44″W / 40.87778°N 73.89556°W / 40.87778; -73.89556
Built1906
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.00001014
Added to NRHPSeptember 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.

History

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1896 New York Times map of proposed reservoir

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

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Jerome Park Reservoir". Scientific American. June 1, 1901. p. 342 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Comfort, Randall. "Old Mansions of the West Bronx". The History Box. Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  4. ^ Howe, Kathleen (June 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Jerome Park Reservoir". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-01-12. See also: "Accompanying 30 photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Nessen, Stephen (June 17, 2015). "Nearly 30 Years and $3.5 Billion Later, NYC Gets Its First Filtration Plant". WNYC. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  7. ^ Bronx Photo Gallery 2014 Kermit Project
  8. ^ "Guided Tours and Limited Access Recreation at Jerome Park Reservoir Postponed". www.nyc.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
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