| OCR Text |
Show ShOUld not perisn. Those who served \'1ere "He roes all, in the calIse . of humanity," and he expressed the hope that the Memorial Building \'Jould turn people's thoughts to those men and the cause they fought for. True patriotism, he continued, extends to peace aswell as to war. "My Country, . right or WrO;1:1 ," m~ant, he said, that the true patriot tries to keep his coun t ry in the right. It also meant that a . "glorius death is bette r than an igno ble life."nern then drew the attention of his audience to the ideals America had in view in the Spanish-American \~ar and in Horle! War r. In each case, he said, the blessings of liberty had heen extended to the oppresssed of the earth without thought of financial gain or the extension 6f dominion. The United States.entered World War T, he said, "not to save her skin," but to extend 1 i berty so that all might enjoy freedom without fear of oppressi on. 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. Ware and Alberto O. Treganza. nuring their 75 year partnership, . from 1901 to 19?6, they designed a numher of important huildings, inclu d 11'lg the Utah Savins and Trust Building (NR), the Commercial Club building (NR), the Ladies Literary CLub (NR), the Mathew H. Walker Residence (NR), the William H. McIntyre residence (NR), the University Club, St~, the LOS 17th Ward, the Exposition Buildng at the State Fair Grounds the First presbyterian Church (NR), all of whic~ Hospital~ Mark's (NR)~ and are located in Salt Lake CIty, and the Rio Grande Hestern Railway Depot and Jesse Knight residence, b.oth in Provo. Description The Lehi City Hal', an irregular complex of buildings, is a late version of the Mission Style. Basic elements of the Mission Style are: the low pitchen red tile roofs, the smooth stucco walls, the round arch openings,. the arc~erl corbelling on the cAntral builrlinq, the parapet topping a sine winq, the curvilinear gablA on another wing, and the arcade of the south wing. The compositi on of those el ements, hO\r/ever, contradi cts t.he hasi c character; st; c of the Mi ss; on Styl e Hhich is simpl i city of form. The hui 1 di ng is composecl of no less than five sections of va ryi ng rlimens i ons whose comhination sugges t s i rregul a rity ra th er than simpl i city. Roof hei ghts anrl roof types vary. One square bay has a flat roof punctuated by a sma" curvilinear gah l e. Another |
