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Show FHR-8-300A (11178) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF mSTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINA TION FORM CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER ' 8 PAGE 2 In November 1917, the Carnegie Foundation granted $10,000 for the erection of a free public library in Lehi, with the stipulation that the cit¥ council agree to a resolution to maintain it at a cost of not less tl~ $1000 per year. 4 . . Originally the !.ehi Library Conmission envisioned a separate building for the library, but as plans for the Memorial Hall emerged, it seemed logical to -house the library in it, and in August 1920 the Carnegie Foundation approved that plan. 5 The building was completed in its entirety in May 1926 and a dedicatory -service was held on Memorial Day, May 31, 1926. Preceeded by a band concert and a 21 gun. salute by the !.ehi National Guard, the service itself featured remarks by former mayor Joseph Brimhall, under whose administration construction of the building had -begun., and Salt Lake City Mayor Clarence Neslen. lbe main speaker was GovernQr of Utah George Dern.. The people of Lehi should be proud of their men who- served during World War I, he said. That pride should lead them to resolve that the cause for which they died should not perish. Those who served were ''Heroes all, in the cause of humanity, " and he expressed the hope that the Memorial Building would turn people's thoughts to those men and the cause they fought for. True patriotism, he continued, extends to peace as well as to war. 'My Country, right or wrong," meant, he said, that the true patriot tries to keep his country in the right. It also meant that a "glorius death is better than an ignoble life." Dern then drew the attention of his audience to the ideals .America had in view in the Spanish-.American War and in World War 1. In each case, he said, the blessings of liberty had been extended to the oppresssed of the earth wi tamt thought of financial gain or the extension of daninion. The United States entered World '<Tar I, he said, "not to save her skin," but to extend liberty so that all might enjoy freedom withou~ fear of oppression. -The war was fought in an effort to put an end to war. The building was designed by the prominent Salt Lake City architectural firm of Walter E. '-[are and .Alberto o. Treganza. During their 25 year partnership, from 1901 to 1926, they designed a number of important buildings, including the Utah Savings and TnIst Building (NR), the Conmercial Club building (NR), the Ladies Literary Club (NR), the Matf1ew H. Walker Residence (NIl), the William H. McIntyre residence (NR), the University Club, St., Mark's Hospital, the LDS 17th Ward, the Exposition Buildng at the State Fair Grounds (NR), and |
