1900

In 1900, Cutler began construction of a $14,000 home on his State Street Property--a home that is near duplicate of the Jessie Knight Mansion in Provo, which was designed by architects Ware and Treganza. The July 19, 1900, Lehi Banner noted that Charles Orhan and Olaf Holmstead were doing the masonry work on the new fifteen-room mansion, which was later stuccoed and the plaster scored to resemble stone.

Notice the row of sugar beets growing in front of the new home at 150 E. State St. This was fitting as the home housed the general manager of the Utah Sugar Company. Cutler is credited with much of the success of the beet sugar industry in the Intermountain West.

(National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, June 12, 1984.)

1901

"The Cutler Mansion," as Lehi people have usually called the Colonial Revival box style home, was the “finest residence south of Salt Lake," reported the Jan. 17, 1901, Lehi Banner. The interior features hand-carved oak woodwork throughout, oak floors, a large 16 by 24 foot dining room, a vestibule which opens into a front hall and stairway, front parlors with oak sliding doors, a handsome main stairway with a stained-glass, half-circle window above a regular window on the landing and numerous fireplaces with oak mantles and tile hearths.

Three years after the mansion was completed the Cutler family moved to Salt Lake City, where Thomas could be closer to his management responsibilities with the new Utah-Idaho Sugar Company.

1914

The Cutler family retained the home until 1914, with various married children living there periodically. Hoping to take advantage of the increased automobile traffic on State Street, G. Marion Cutler remodeled the Cutler Mansion into the Reltuc, Cutler spelled backwards, Inn in 1914. When business did not take off, the Reltuc management’s hope was the automobile trade. It purchased a large touring car and advertised, “Auto Parties and Commercial trade a Specialty. Free Car Meets All Trains.” They also offered excursions to Saratoga Resort. But the inn was short-lived and just six months after it opened, it was sold.

1914

Lehi native, Dr. Frederick D. Worlton, purchased the home and moved his family into the lower floor and converted the upstairs into the Lehi Hospital. Ten patient rooms and an operating room were established in the facility.

(Lehi: Portraits of a Utah Town by Richard Van Wagoner.)

1921

The October 13, 1921, Lehi Sun noted that for the first time x-rays were taken in the Lehi Hospital by a representative of the Victor X-Ray Corporation. “Some wonderful pictures of almost every part of the body have been secured,” the paper wrote. “People should feel proud of the fact that a local institution maintains such a machine as few cities of our size can boast of a like outfit.” In 1925, the year he served as president of the Utah County Medical Society, Dr. Worlton purchased the former Lehi Commercial & Savings Bank Building at 206 East State St., and remodeled the upper floor into a hospital.

(“Cutler Mansion,” by Richard Van Wagoner.)

The home stayed in Worlton hands until 1977.

1977

Wallace and Arlene Olsen purchase the 5,054 sq. ft. home. The Olsens work to restore the home to its former elegance including new furnaces, plumbing and electricity.

(“Cutler Mansion nominated to historical register,” Lehi Free Press, May 16, 1984.)

1984

The Cutler Mansion is placed on the National Register of Historic Places for its unusual architecture and history.

(National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, June 12, 1984.)

1992

The seven-bedroom single family dwelling was listed on the real estate market for $350,000.00.

(Richard Van Wagoner, “Yesteryears: Cutler Mansion,” Lehi Free Press, 21 October 1992)

2024

The Olsens preserved the home known as the Cutler Mansion and have lived there longer than anyone. Much like the old hospital across the street, the mansion could have been torn down had it been purchased by someone else. Wallace Bryan Olsen “Wally” passed away on August 12, 2024, at the age of 90. Arlene Olsen still resides in the home that they lovingly restored together.