Mesa Historical Museum

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The Mesa Historical Museum
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Location within Arizona
Established1987
Location2345 N. Horne St., Mesa, Arizona Mesa, Arizona
Coordinates 33°27′31″N111°48′48″W / 33.4585°N 111.8132°W / 33.4585; -111.8132 Coordinates: 33°27′31″N111°48′48″W / 33.4585°N 111.8132°W / 33.4585; -111.8132
Type History museum
Website www.mesahistoricalmuseum.com
Lehi School
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1913 (1913)
Built by Works 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 Auto Seat Runabout Buggy.jpg
Auto Seat Runabout Buggy on display at the Mesa Historical Museum

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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.