Tank house-Sauer Beckmann Farm

Water source during the dry times

NPS Photo / Jack Burton

Quick Facts

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Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site

This tank house was built by the Sauers before they sold the farm in 1900. While it is used to store laundry supplies today, the structure's primary purpose is to hold the large water tank on top. This cypress tank holds several hundred gallons of water. The tank is filled by the windmill next to it pumping water from a 50-foot deep well. The tank provides extra water storage as well as gravity fed pressure to the water faucet next to it.