Lehi City Arts Center
Lehi, Utah
After the John Hutchings Museum of Natural History moved to the Memorial Building in 1996, the former museum was renovated and reopened as the Lehi City Arts Center. Limited by its 100-seat auditorium with a combined green and dressing room, the Lehi Arts Council announced plans in 1998 for a new performing arts complex with a 1,800 seat Broadway theater, a smaller 248-seat theater, and a theater-in-the-round. Pledges were secured for $6 million of the necessary $15 million, but fund-raising grew difficult due to competition from other Utah County arts initiatives and the 2002 Winter Olympics Games. In 2003, Lehi City unveiled a $150,000 renovation of the existing arts center.
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Utah Theater is Being Enlarged
Ogden Standard Examiner, 18 September 1917, page 6
The Utah theater is fast nearing completion and it is thought by Manager A. J. Fyhn that it will be ready to open by Oct. 1. The extensive improvements being made include the lengthening of theater by about 25 feet, complete re-decorating and furnishing and the installation of new upholstered seats and a pipe organ. The materials are here and workmen are busy on the interior, in an effort to get the building ready for occupancy on the date set for the opening.
When completed, the Utah theater will be one of the finest as well as one of the most beautiful motion picture houses in the city.
