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9S West Main Christofferson House Lehi, Utah County ~ .., 1l l lll irll~1ill[llii~mlilfll l l 3 9222 00575 9829 -.-3.' q~ tJ. ~/h cUn'stoffefJOIt Ldt/, UTAH PRESS ASSOCIA TIO:'\ f-/c1t5e ()t~~ Gulli! Clipping Sen'ice Phone: .J;. [phone] LElII FREE •~,manK,~'ite." on'C{r'" .· . ..T~~I~i.i)t. i~¥j , h~ M~' : ; : ~ " ' ; ~ : . ' . : ' ~ ) P . , ,. . ." . . . ,'. \~ ~S " . 'Inl Ml\ .' " .':.. "j , . o,J'i\ ,--" •• "" . .. ' 'c"" • •.•• ' . ....,,," • .•.• ,. , ... .': ;:1BY:e~~~~~rYs~~:~~~~, ~f.·:r~' ·.,b'e T! ~"> h'1-."" ....;:j.~~~l&:.}....tt_..,.<;.. Han~. . .1 ; . j ' .} ;(;1': ",{-':,-."-;., "" ,, •... '.~ u .~ cnflstoffe~so~;!. was i oor~' ,j~-' D~n.·-;!· . .. . ., ;~ ., .. ' . . . ;... . .._ .c. and ' Elizabeth .. Jacobsen ," ~~ ~i~~t ~~~.~~fs~~~~~~~fl~~{:fut~~; ·~.Yes:tlt~:~ .e'CI 'f,$'.;.\: ':,;~.~ ' :Ull~"11'!i!!$~ ,t.t~=. ,;i~'Y:'<fjr. .~' Phil to Am eTl ca, settlmgfirst in Omah a}' u;.'!iq " HoI N~b. He·m~~ie~·An!li~R~tei-sori·in : ·.r" .. . .' . ' . . mid ~86.~ .an. dhve.~ m r~!np~~~,COllnty ': ; an_~ pamted "cellmgs:' ;'!~~"~!' VI ' ~ ! ... exis ~ntJll~6~w~el} ~h~~mo~,~~to~hL ;1.1.'" A year aft~: the ChTlstofferson" ing, ' : : ~" 91T1stofl'~rs~n qUlf.~I'y'p~sper~d ·. ·:.,h ome w~~~.omp.1~t~d, !P~te: -~as , . raze asa trader,'makulgtTlp·sJol3mgham .··'called ·on l a~olomzmg " mlsslon -to ' Bi!'n aiid ·o ther 'outlYing'corritn'unilies. In ' , 'Arizona. 'He·m ade ,a down!and back " -i. 1875 he'commissionE!d'Dane Peter '- trip in 1876.tO arrange his affairs in.' th~'. ,Johnson to build him ahome on the the new country, The entire family Bari southeast corner of Main and First left the following year, in company bet:l West, the site now occupied by First. with the James Robertson and John -' comp "Security' Bank :-';''''''':~'''-''4'''''''''''' 'w'''' " ~Bushman families.In Round.V.alley ~­ the' , . The Christofferson homewas the . (later. SL John's Stake) they' were . (Lane town's first brick structure, Ui> to ~:: affec£ionatelt ltn6Wn'i. aS:L"Peter ,n, " ln~J that point all homes were log, mud . James, and John," . ..' •~ . tOWnH or adobe ..Thehouse w~s u'nique j~ . "; ·..! 'JanuarY t> ' 1882 :,-·' Peter :· pany) j other respects' also: 'Instead of ceil- ..":Christoffer~on's '; Lehi -;home '; was I'! m? ve ing. of ,tretched oaH"'~ whkh :;;;., .".. ipurch.,ed by EHphalet Blatchfo,d,;',· the B the norm for that penod, the " representmgthe congregatlOnahst .\\. . --<>-. " Christofferson home had plastered .....,.. See YESTERYEARS on page 3 .- In l ~ ~ a ~ I . •• • _ ' 0 ' "B'ank site has housed home, school over the years • Yesteryears. . .'" . . 7 '6 . . W· children of promi· Norton, and John Andreason tobuIid featured on thewest wall three large i .... " . - .. • Continued from front page Eugene ~nes'on families.Thesize .a larger school totheeastat55West murals of historic Lehi painted by Ch h's Boston·based New West nent non· don; body soon dramatj o Main (1991 site of Lehi Post. Office ). ".!,-rtist William M. Johnson. In addiEdure tion Commission. The first of the. stu en d to include primary, 'The original school at 99 West Main !ipn to the latest banking design , u~a in the New West School cally mcreate d academic grades. was then used as a cottage for teach· , the building featured a drive·up teae eMr~sses Carter and Winslow ." mterm e d1a e , an Commission hired ersuntiltheNew WestSchoolc1osed ; ~indqw and night depository facili83 th e ;t" . were . dentswere LIly In'b 18'Id Thefirstfourstu CarlCarlson,J. W ley' I ' n 1920 . . . f"~.',." • ·,I"S. dR Harwood and Minnie and Lehl UI ers ," . ' The older building subsequently 'j,~ ' In November 1965 a remodeling , an ose became the residence of the George \;and expansion program began at Southwick, Stanley Lott, Robert ~. ~he bank . The new facility, dediPhillips" George Bone, and .Don ':~;A"d on Feb. 25, 1966, included an Holmstead families. During the F.~xpanded and improved teller and mid-1930s a miniature golf course " loan processing department, a covexisted on thewestsideofthebuild· ' ~i-ed vestibule and walk-up wining, and in 1953 the building was ) ow, two new drive-up windows, razed for the building of the State ; ~nlarged and improved executive , ;~ffices, wall·to-wall carpeting, new Bank of Lehi. The State Bank ofLehi began as ;poDkkeeping facilities, and new the Bank of Lehi, a branch of the i!'eating and air-conditioningequipBank of American Fork, in Septem· 'ment . ' ber 1906..The firm then leased the ;.;.; A5,600square-footaddition was compartment next door west from uilt on the south end in' 1980-8!. the post office in the Ross Block .,T histwo-storystructurehQusedthe (Laney's tDday) . . " ~ ''' .: .; : joan, credit, bookkeeping, and auIn early 1911, when Lehi's ·up: ., 'ditdepartments,officesforthe;<icetDwn bank (the Utah Banking Coni' president and loan officer,"and a .. pany) :' went into rece~vership ,, ), poard room. .. '. . .:'.. ",.", f,."· .. movement started .to. Incorporate . : ' One of the compartments In the the·Bank"ofLehi. James Chipman, second-story office space ' is. 'presSr.; and W: S. Chipman purchased ~ ently leased to attorney Kenneth A. $10,000 Dfthe stock and asked Lehi RushtDn and his brother Ro'n ald J. bDosters ': tD ' buy · the remaining Rushton, who owns a bookkeeping $15,000 worth . o,i-::,,~~. - : ",,_ .. '. ,and tax return business. Another Lehi men · who. accordingly. re- i area is occupied byTLS Investments, sponded were Phineas Allred, A. B. Hind the ' third . cDmpartment by Anderson, J .. E. ' BDne, ' Joseph S. fUNISERV. , . ,. .. . . . Broadbent, William Carson, G. N. tl~ In May 1982 the State Bank of Child, J. E. Cotter, John Devey, Lehi merged with ·five other banks Morgan Evans, William S. Evans, ' toform the Deseret BancorporatiDn. Andrew Fjeld, James H. Gardner, Spencer F . Eccles, chairman of First Dr. W. T. Hasler, Charles Herron, Security Corporation, and Kay L. Dr . Horace. Holbrook, Charles ' JacDbs, chairman of Deseret Ohran, W. E. Racker, S. W. Ross, A. ' Bancorporation, jDintly annDunced O. Slade, Edward Southwick, and 'on OctDber 31 , '1989, that a merger John Stoker. ' . ' agreement had been reached The charter for the' new 'State '~hereby First Security would acBank of Lehi was issued in late ' quire the Utah CDunty-based April ofl91!. Foundingofficers were . Deseret Bancorporation for $18 James Chipman, president; James I million. This merger took place in H. Gardner, vice-president; and W. . rate 1990 and the former Deseret S. Chipman, casher. The bank re· Bank, Lehi Branch, is now a First mained. in the Ross block for an· ~ecurity Bank facility. . ) ~ Dther eight years. __ ." In 1919 the Stat-;;' B-;'~kofLehi . . . o _.___ ~~.'''<. moved two doors west into .the. former Lehi Drug Store building at 98 West Main. They remained there for more than half a century. . . . On Jan. 13, 1953 cashier Calvin' Swenson repDrted to the stockhold- ,i ers that the State Bank of Lehi was ; in its best financial position ever, • with undivided profit and reserves I of $37,749.19. During the meeting i bank president Junius A. West announced that the institution had made application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in ' Washington to build a new bank building. Approval was granted the following mDnth. . . The $8,000 puilding.w,aa,erec~ ., .ilry'lij/!"di'a te Iy ~cf?ss 'th~s~r.i!i! ~~.9i~:j at 99.}YestMain Christofferson home had recently · been demolished. Floor space in the new ban k was three thDusand scjiiare < wheret.~e!?IJl'e~e.fir: feehe \. (m~ and one-half story:lDbby \.; ' l/." ... . _.", . •