Water Towers and Standpipes of the United States of America. Sponsored by "Understanding Your Home" by building inspector Mark Visser Lancaster, Town of - New York Erie County. Photo © Mark Visser ..... Tower Information - right Tower signage: Built: Height: Capacity: Missing tower data: Please contact us if you have more information Tower Information - left Tower signage: Built: Height: Capacity: Missing tower data: Please contact us if you have more information Please take some pictures of "your" local tower and send them to us, uncropped and in .jpg format. Click here to send us an image Area Information History: Originally part of the Town of Clarence, the Town of Lancaster was established as a separate government by an act of the New York State Legislature in 1833. The southern portion of the Town of Lancaster was taken in 1857 to form much of the new Town of Elma. Other land for the Town of Elma came from the Town of Aurora. Within the Town of Lancaster there are two villages. The Village of Lancaster was incorporated in 1849 and the Village of Depew in 1894. Depew straddles Transit Road and extends into both the Town of Lancaster and Cheektowaga. The Town of Lancaster is located approximately eleven miles east of downtown Buffalo. Twelve buildings in the Town of Lancaster have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eleven of these are found along Broadway in the Village of Lancaster Historic District. The other is the Hull House on Genesee Street in the Town of Lancaster. Resources: Wikipedia Town of Lancaster Other sites you may be interested in: Thumbnail Collection of USA Water Towers Canadian Water Towers and Standpipes Magnetic Hills in the United States of America The History of the Christian Fish Symbol Home     Back to New York Index