South High School (Utah)

The school was located on the southern end of Salt Lake City proper, at 1575 S. State Street.

The South High School building was constructed in 1929-1931 on the site of the "Original Pioneer Nursery" established by John Chamberlain.

Starting in the fall of 1975, as part of a district-wide change, South High shifted to also include grade 9.

South High was known as the most racially cosmopolitan school in Utah, although the total numbers of African-Americans was quite small compared to most large American cities.

The latter were largely part of the group sometimes called "boat people", referring to those who fled communist advances in South East Asia by watercraft.

During this time, South High saw dwindling enrollment, due in large part to the lack of families with school age children located within its boundaries.

For most who took this option, this meant going to the seminary building owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

For a time Gordon B. Hinckley, also an LDS church president, taught at the South High Seminary.

Following a period of further evaluation, the board of education allowed the school to remain open one additional year.

After closure the student body of South was divided between East, West, and Highland high schools.

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