National and State Register

Savery Savory Mushroom Farm Water Tower

Adams County

The circa 1925 Savery Savory Mushroom Water Tower marks the site of a prosperous and extensive mushroom growing and canning business.  

Savery Savory Mushroom Farm Water Tower - 5AM.1856, 2006 black and white photo

Savery Savory Mushroom Farm Water Tower - 2006 photograph

The water tower is the only intact remnant from the complex.  The distinctively painted water tower has been a prominent landscape feature over the past 80 years, becoming a familiar community landmark.  The city commissioned the historically accurate tower repainting in 2006.