Farmington City Historical Museum and Old Metal Heads

This building was originally built in 1907 and became the first LDS Stake President's Office for Davis County. (In 1907 there was just one LDS stake for all of Davis County and they wanted the Stake President's office to be centrally located. The Stake President lived in Woods Cross, about 8 miles south of Farmington.) In 1915, The Davis Stake was divided into two stakes and the building was no longer needed by the church. The property was then put up for sale and in 1917 it became Farmington City Hall. In 1970, Farmington City moved their offices into a a new building to the north and the building was then leased by the Farmington Lion's Club until 2004. On July 9, 2004, it became the Farmington City Historical Museum.

Today while I was at work, I took a break and walked through the museum. (The museum sits on the block north of the where I work.) The museum contained lots of old and very interesting artifacts and history of Farmington and Davis County.

One of the artifacts I saw inside of this museum that I found rather interesting were these Old Metal Head statues. These metal heads were made by Melville G. Held, Sr. (1904-1981) in 1964-65 and the interesting part is that they were made from old car parts. Some of the parts came from a 1929 Model A Ford, 1948 Mercury, 1941 Chevrolet, 1939 Plymouth, 1949 Kaiser, 1946 Ford, 1951 Henry J, 1953 Oldsmobile, 1949 Pontiac, and a 1939 Chrysler. To get an idea about how large the heads are, notice the old gas cans in the bottom left corner.