The historic brick water tower that furnished water to Paxton in the late 1800s and early ... The original water tower, one of the first of its kind in Illinois, provided water to the community ...

PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) — A year-long project to build a replica of Paxton’s 137-year-old water tower is nearing completion. WCIA’s partners with the Ford County Chronicle reported that Stan ...

“Paxton has undergone a major downtown restoration project and is one of the nicest small towns in central Illinois,” he said. “This town needs that historical brick tower with a cypress wat ...

It’s a $100,000 project paid for by the Paxton Foundation. PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) — A year-long project to build a replica of Paxton’s 137-year-old water tower is nearing completion.