The Lehi City Hall at 51 N. Center St. in

Lehi, Utah Lehi ( ) is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is named after Lehi, a prophet in the Book of Mormon. The population was 75,907 at the 2020 census, up from 47,407 in 2010. The rapid growth in Lehi is due, in part, to the rapid develo ...

, known also as Old Lehi City Hall, was built during 1918–1926. It was designed by architects

Walter E. Ware Walter Ellsworth Ware (August 26, 1861 in Needham, Massachusetts – April 21, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah) was an American architect who established a firm in 1891 in Salt Lake City, Utah and practiced until 1949, over a period of almost 6 ...

and

Alberto O. Treganza Alberto Owen Treganza, sometimes known as Albert Treganza or A.O. Treganza (March 24, 1876 in Colorado – July 18, 1944 in San Diego, California), was an American architect and ornithologist in the early 20th century. Architectural career Tr ...

of Salt Lake City and is of

Mission/Spanish Revival In the United States, the National Register of Historic Places classifies its listings by various types of architecture. Listed properties often are given one or more of 40 standard architectural style classifications that appear in the National ...

style. It was built as a memorial building honoring World War I veterans; it was planned to serve as city hall, as a museum, and also as a library; it cost approximately $55,000 to build. It is believed to be the only large building designed by Ware and Treganza that uses the Mission/Spanish Revival style. and It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

World War II

During World War II the upstairs of the memorial building was used as a look out for incoming planes near

Geneva Steel Geneva Steel was a steel mill located in Vineyard, Utah, United States, founded during World War II to enhance national steel output. It operated from December 1944 to November 2001. Its unique name came from a resort that once operated nearby on ...

. Because of the great amounts of steel the plant produced for the war, many feared that the Japanese would target the plant and the cities around it. The memorial had a direct view of the plant and was one of the tallest buildings in the area at the time.

Museum

In 1995 the Hutchings Museum moved into the building occupying the Veterans Memorial. The Memorial now resides in the main hall of the Museum featuring artifacts from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Desert Storm. The Hall also includes a list of the men and women from Lehi Utah who served in the wars.

References

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