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Show OMB No. 10024-0018 NPS Form 1()'900-a Utah WOIdPeIfect 5.1 Format (Revised Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. Ji. Page ~ John Y. and Emerette C. Smith House, Lehi, Utah County, UT The house at 518 N 100 East was built in 19035 by John Y. and Emerette Cutler Smith, on a site originally proposed for a city jail. 6 Emerette was one of fifteen children of Thomas R. Cutler, second LOS bishop of Lehi and its most prominent and successful citizen of the time. Cutler's fifteen room house (Listed on the National Register in 1984) is 10Gated a block north of this house. Cutler maintained a close business relationship with his son-in-law, naming him to posts in several of his commercial ventures. John Y. Smith was also a success in his own right; he had an interest in most of the important commercial and industrial enterprises in Lehi of the period. In 1900, Smith was appointed manager of Saratoga, the popular resort on Utah Lake, following its purchase by the Utah Sugar Company.? He remained manager for only a short time, and soon was involved in other commercial interests. By 1905, Smith was a partner in the Union Hotel (on north State Street-still standing), the Lehi Roller Mills (east Main St. - listed on the National Register 1994), the Standard Knitting Company, and the Kenley Clay Beds of Cedar Valley. Primarily, however, he was the cashier of the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank, later changed to the People's Bank of Lehi. 8 Along with many prominent men of Lehi at the time, Smith became a charter member of the Lehi Commercial Club in 1905. The club was established to promote the business interests of Lehi. The club maintained its quarters in the Lehi Commercial Bank and Savings Building at 206 East State Street, in which Smith also had his bank office. In addition, Smith was a leader in the Lehi cultural scene. In 1887, Smith was a founding member of the Lehi Silver Band, the premier marching band in Lehi for 89 years. Originally formed as a band for the Lehi young men's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LOS or Mormon church), the Silver Band had its roots in the political movement to promote the re-institution of the silver standard by the U.S. government. Appearing in linen uniforms, they rode in an elaborately decorated wagon. They also campaigned for state and national Democratic politicians, such as when they appeared at a rally for presidential candidate Grover Cleveland on July 7, 1892.9 John Y. Smith was the leader of the band until 1897, when he left to serve as a Mormon missionary. To see their longtime leader off, "the members of the old silver band gathered at the residence of J.M . Kirkham and gave a social to their departing leader."lO The band gradually became a civic, rather than a political organization. It remained active in one form or another until 1976, when the band and its famous 5Van Wagoner, 423. SVan Wagoner, 56. 7Van Wagoner, 287. evan Wagoner, 17. The Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank Building was nominated to the National Register as part of the Lehi Multiple Property Submission in 1998. SVan Wagoner, 309 1°Qtd. in Van Wagoner, 311 . X See continuation sheet |
