The Mesa Historical Museum
Mesa Historical Museum is located in Arizona
Mesa Historical Museum
Location within Arizona
Established1987
Location2345 N. Horne St., Mesa, ArizonaMesa, Arizona
Coordinates33°27′31″N 111°48′48″W / 33.4585°N 111.8132°W / 33.4585; -111.8132
TypeHistory museum
Websitewww.mesahistoricalmuseum.com
Lehi School
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1913 (1913)
Built byWorks Progress Administration
Architectural styleMission/spanish Revival, Moderne
NRHP reference No.01000906[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 2001

The Mesa Historical Museum is a historical museum in Mesa, Arizona, United States. It was opened in 1987 by the Mesa Historical Society to preserve the history of Mesa, Arizona.

The museum's exhibits include a comprehensive history of Mesa, a replica of an early adobe one-room schoolhouse, as well as additional galleries of changing exhibits. The museum also maintains a large collection of historic agricultural equipment.

The museum buildings are in fact the museum's largest artifacts. The main museum building was built in 1913-1914 for use as the Lehi School in what was then Lehi, Arizona. The auditorium was built in the 1930s as a Works Progress Administration project. The two-building complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the "Lehi School".[2]

In 2008, the museum began developing a popular exhibit about Spring Training (baseball) in Arizona, called "Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience." The exhibition has since expanded to locations throughout Maricopa County.[3]

Auto Seat Runabout Buggy on display at the Mesa Historical Museum

References

  1. "National Register Information System  (#01000906)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lehi School". National Park Service. Retrieved January 6, 2022. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Project leader: 'Play Ball' exhibit needs its own museum", "East Valley Tribune," September 1, 2010, accessed May 10, 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.