Lehi’s Window Into The Past

September 1, 2025

September 1, 2025 ★

Lehi Heritage Day 2025

Lehi Heritage Day honors Lehi’s beautiful past as well as celebrates those making history today

Lehi Historical Marker Program

Learn about Lehi’s remarkable past through 36 large historical markers being placed throughout the community!

Gift Shop

Find one-of-a-kind gifts that celebrate Lehi’s past and present. All proceeds benefit our work of collecting, preserving and sharing Lehi’s history.

Upcoming Events

  • Lehi Heritage Day 2025

    Mon.,Sept. 1, 2:30-6 p.m.
    Legacy Center at 123 N. Center St.

    Lehi Heritage Day will once again celebrate history-making citizens as well as an aspect of Lehi history, namely world-famous automotive artist and Lehi native Stanley Wanlass and the past and present artists of Lehi. The free, city-sponsored event includes a parade, program and reception, art show and car show.

    Wanlass is known for his automotive bronze sculptures, automotive designs, paintings and heroic historical monuments, including the Rockwell Monument “The Protector,” in the garden in front of the Legacy Center.

  • John Y. Smith House Historical Marker Unveiling

    Wed., Sept. 10, at 7 p.m.
    518 N. 100 East

    Join us for a short unveiling program and light refreshment. The house was constructed in 1903. John Y. Smith, a significant businessman, civic leader and Utah state senator, and his wife, Emerette Cutler, built the house for their residence and lived there until 1911. A video of the home will be shown in lieu of a home tour.

    We hope everyone will join us for this special occasion. 

  • Thomas Austin House Historical Marker Unveiling

    Thurs., Oct. 2, at 6 p.m.
    427 E. 500 North

    The home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Its nomination form notes that it “is a fine extant example of Victorian architecture in Utah. … At a time when eclecticism and irregularity in house design was at a premium, the Austin House projects an asymmetry of massing and mixing of historical details which is truly exceptional.”

    Owners Wes and Geraldine Dalley will unveil the marker along with their family.

Our Mission

The purpose of the Lehi Historical Society and Archives is to collect, obtain, record, preserve, protect, educate and promote the history of Lehi and its peoples and to document Lehi’s impact on the American West yesterday, today and forever.

FAQs

  • Visit our "Lehi Resources" section here!

  • Donations can be made through Venmo at @LehiArchives, in person at the Archives or send a check to Lehi Historical Society 99 W. Main St. STE 100 Lehi, UT 84043

  • The Lehi Historical Society loves its volunteers. Volunteers are invited to do anything from assign numbers to files to write photo descriptions to organize collections. Volunteer hours are from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, at 99 W. Main St. STE 100 Lehi, UT. Please contact the historical society in person or at 801-768-1570 or lehihistory@gmail.com to learn more.

  • Our online library system does not currently allow for high resolutions photos. Hi-res photos are available by request for a small fee. Contact the historical society at lehihistory@gmail.com for more information.

  • If you have a video of people, places or events in Lehi that you think we would appreciate, we want it! For more information, please contact us at 801-768-1570 or lehihistory@gmail.com.

  • We have physical copies of most items in our collections.

  • All archive items are located at the Lehi Historical Society at 99 W. Main St. STE 100 Lehi, UT 84043

  • The Lehi Historical Society increases its collections every week as those who appreciate Lehi history donate scrapbooks, ledgers, documents, photographs, yearbooks, family histories, uniforms, programs and the like. Many donations come after a loved one has died and the family does not know what to do with their treasures. Historic items are also found at the workplace, church, club, school and so forth. Such items are also frequently donated. Historical Society members also seek out items to preserve.

  • Historical Society members, interns and service missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints work together to obtain, organize, record, properly house and create finding aids for our collections. They also create metadata and scan and upload photos to our public portal. In these processes, all items are recorded in our collections management system, which creates an online library where the public can browse what we have and find items and collections by keyword.

  • The Lehi Historical Society strives to preserve all items to archive standards, namely with archive boxes and bins. These materials provide protection from moisture, dust, sunlight and rodents. The historical society has won three major grants to provide such materials. In 2019, the society won funding from the Utah State Records and Advisory Board to digitize and house its newspaper collection in archive boxes. In 2022, Lehi’s PARC Program funded library shelving for our books, and in 2023, PARC funded two computers, 47 archive boxes and two archive map bins. These funds help to ensure all preservation efforts made today will be beneficial for many years to come.

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