Mesa Historical Museum

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 Mesa Historical Museum
Mesa Historical Museum is located in Arizona
Mesa Historical Museum
Location within Arizona
Established1987
Location2345 N. Horne St., Mesa, ArizonaMesa, Arizona
Coordinates33.4585°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 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.
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