Witch's Hat Water Tower

Plaque placed after Tower rehabilitation done by NRP program, 1999. The Tower is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

The tower is in Prospect Park, (informally known as Tower Hill park). Regularly we receive requests for information concerning reserving the park for a special event, such as a wedding. Because all parks in Minneapolis are managed by the Minneapolis Park Board, please visit their website www.minneapolisparks.org to reserve a park for a special occasion. No one in the Prospect Park neighborhood, manages the park.

The tower observation deck is open one time per year only—during the annual Pratt Ice Cream Social (first Friday evening after Memorial Day Weekend—which occurs either as the last Friday evening in May or first Friday evening in June), 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Great View—Bring Your Camera!

The ice-cream social neighborhood event is held on the Pratt school grounds, Malcolm Avenue and Tower Hill; for further information, call: 668-1122.

Prospect Park Water Tower in 1914, one year after construction. Note windows which align with the spiral staircase inside the tower. Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.