Boulware Springs Water Works

Historic site in Gainesville, Florida, United States

United States historic place


Boulware Spring Waterworks
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


29°37′15″N 82°18′25″W / 29.62083°N 82.30694°W / 29.62083; -82.30694
NRHP reference No.	85001255^[1]
Added to NRHP	20 June 1985

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The Boulware Springs Water Works is a historic site in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is located at 3400 Southeast 15th Street. On June 20, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is also the western terminus of the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail.

The spring was the site of an 1854 meeting where area citizens voted to create a new town (Gainesville) to replace Newnansville as the Alachua County seat. The spring was the source of city water until 1913 and was important in the city's growth. The University of Florida moved from Lake City to Gainesville in 1901 because the city promised the university free water for life, from the Boulware Springs. The University of Florida still does not pay for water, even though the springs are no longer used in Gainesville's water system.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System – Boulware Springs Water Works (#85001255)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
^ "Boulware Springs". Alachua County Library District. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

External links

Alachua County listings at National Register of Historic Places
Alachua County listings at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
Natural and Historic Sites in Alachua County at Alachua County's Department of Growth Management