Belton, SC

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The Belton Standpipe Heritage and Arts Festival celebrates its silver anniversary, with new events, updated vendors, and fun for the whole family. The Belton Standpipe Heritage & Arts Festival is a festival celebrating the City of Belton and the Belton community.

On Saturday, October 1 from 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM, the city square in Belton hums to the music of popular upstate groups while an art show and market, heritage artisans, sporting events, historical tours, fire truck rides, a classic car show, great food, children's activities, over 30 quality craft vendors, and community outreach booths entertain the crowds.

After a street dance featuring the versatile music of the City Street Band, the evening ends with a spectacular fireworks finale at 9:15 PM.

Come celebrate the historical and cultural heritage of our small town!

What is a Standpipe? Here is a little history of it:

In August of 1987, the State Department of Archives and History accepted the eighty-year-old standpipe, which is used for water storage, as a historical site. The castle-like tower that rises above the town of Belton has become a familiar landmark. For many years, the standpipe was an international landmark for pilots flying the southeast to help pinpoint their location. Its image has long been used as Belton’s logo in the town’s seal and on government and municipal letterheads.

In 1908, Belton Council approved spending the amount of $12,500 to build the standpipe. Construction on the 155 foot structure on O’Neal Street (one of the highest reinforced concrete structures in the United States) was began in late 1908 and completed in early 1909. The structure was one hundred feet high by January 3^rd, 1909, with the additional fifty-five feet added later that year. The unusual shape of the standpipe is said to have been an idea of the builders to secure a more even distribution. The little windows in the structure, from bottom to top, were placed there for ventilation and so construction workers could get sunlight to see what they were doing. The standpipe’s base is thirty feet in diameter and it penetrates thirty feet into the ground, where it widens out into a funnel shape. From the ground level, it tapers inward one hundred feet to the point where the water tank begins. From that point, the tower ranges outward again to thirty feet in diameter and upward fifty-five feet to the top. It has the capacity to hold up to 150,000 gallons of water and is currently full.

In October of 1987, the first annual Standpipe Festival was held to help raise money for the improvement of the outside appearance of the historic structure as well as other renovations for safety and water storage reasons. These renovations began in late 1989 and were completed to satisfaction in June of 1991. Although the original reasons for the Standpipe Festival are no longer needed, the festival still remains an annual event that all of Belton looks forward to.

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