The Mooresville Water Pump and Filter Plant, part of a larger water system, was originally built in 1924 during a period when municipal water systems proliferated throughout the state of North Carolina. Later expanded, it reflects early and mid-twentieth century advances in technology and engineering related to water purification and distribution. Though modest in size, the pump house has elegant and complex brickwork evidencing civic pride through the sophisticated design of a government building. Designed by prolific engineer Gilbert White, it is one of a first wave of North Carolina water plants that were more constrained in size and design than the later designs of engineers such as William Olsen and others.
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 2023.