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Show Lehi City Hall S"( ;(;O Lehi, Utah K4-04-3 ~ t- Current Owner: Lehi City Lehi, Utah ,.., Statement of Significance The Lehi City Hall is si gni ficant as a late design of the prominent Salt Lake , City architectural firm, Ware and Treganza, and may be the only large building designed by them which reflects their exposure to and acceptance of the Mission Style. Throughout the life of their partnership, Alberto O. Treganza and Walter E. Ware responded to the influx of stylistic preferences pouring into Utah. Their designs, included examples of the Prairie Style, the Renaissance Revival Style, the r.raftsman Style, and the Mission Style. While this building is an eclectic blend of elements of the Mission Style rather than a pure form, it reflects what can happen to a particular style in the hands of architects who are open to a variety of influences. Hi story The Lehi City Hall was constructed at an approximate cost of $5~,OOO between December 1918 and May 1926 as a Memorial Building to Lehi's World 14ar I veterans. Construction began two weeks after the Armistice was signed, and is reputed to be the first such building in the United States. It was intended to be used as a city hall, museum, and public library. ~ '--- \ q\."S, r.w-/).I ~~J~ J;et- t-ea!eM .. 8 1; QA t i re' ¥ elgar; ~ rk on the building proceeded sl owly at first. By September, 1921, however, the local newspaper reported that, "The New Library-City Hall and Memori al Building is progressing now more rapidly. The library part of the building ;s up and the roof on the remainder of the building is being pushed rapidly. The work of enclosing the entire bui l ding under roof and putting in of windows, doors, etc. is expected to be . t er. ,,1 comp , e t ed be f ore Wln The north wing of the library, which housed the public library, was finished before the rest of the building. A program marking its completion was held |
