Pioneer Relic Hall

Few buildings have worn as many hats as this one. Its west wing went up around 1864 from adobes salvaged out of Pleasant Grove's first two schoolhouses of 1852–53, planned by Henry Greenhalgh, with center and east rooms added by the 1880s. Over the years it served as school, then the town's high school, then its public library — the same walls schooling three generations. In 1940 the city leased it to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers as a relic hall and set the ground around it aside as a park honoring the pioneers who built the place.

What the plaque says

This building is one of the oldest schools and community centers now standing. The west wing built about 1864, from adobes salvaged from first and second school houses of 1852-53. Planned by Henry Greenhalgh. Center and east rooms added about 1880-87. Structure later housed the high school and then for public library. Leased to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1940 for a relic hall and was set aside by the city as center of park honoring pioneers.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 5.6 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Lehi Roller Mills — 6.2 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Alpine Loop Summit — 7.0 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos
• Aspen Grove — 7.6 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls

More markers nearby

• Pioneer Flour Mill — steps away
• Nelson Granary — steps away
• Pleasant Grove Town Hall — steps away
• In Commemoration of Utah's First Indian Battle — steps away