| Cotter water tower | |
| Location: | NE of jct. of NE US 62B and State St., Cotter, Arkansas |
| Coordinates: | 36.2761°N -92.5294°W |
| Built: | 1935 |
| Builder: | Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company |
| Added: | January 24, 2007 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Mpsub: | New Deal Recovery Efforts in Arkansas MPS |
| Refnum: | 06001280 |
The Cotter water tower is a historic elevated steel water tower located in Cotter, Arkansas. It was constructed in 1935 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company, as part of the development of the local water supply system by the Public Works Administration. The tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, as part of a multiple-property listing that included numerous other PWA-era projects in Arkansas, under the heading “An Ambition to Be Preferred: New Deal Recovery Efforts and Architecture in Arkansas, 1933-1943.”[1]