Ogden High School (Ogden, Utah)

USA / Utah / Ogden / Ogden, Utah / Harrison Boulevard, 2828
 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, high school, Art Deco (architecture), New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]
Historic school building designed c. 1936 by Hodgson & McClenahan in the Art Deco style as part of the Public Works Administration program. The complex and intricate art-deco architecture can be traced to ancient Assyria, with the sculptured multicolor plaster designs borrowed from the ancient Moors. The tri-tone plaster artwork seen in the auditorium was done by a well know Utah decorator, H. H. Clawson.

The heavy plaster walls were acoustically designed so that the sound would not echo in or penetrate them. The walls in the rotundas are made of marble from the hills of Tennessee, and the wood trim is made of black walnut, shipped from the hardwood forests of the Middle West. The original school design and construction was left virtually untouched until a major remodeling in 1968. Then in 1978, 29th Street was closed and the athletic complex started construction. It was finished just in time for the opening football game against Weber High on September 7, 1979.

It has also been used as the filming location for two major motion pictures: "Three O'Clock High" (1987), and "Drive Me Crazy" (1999). The high school was also a location for school scenes in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Don't Look Under The Bed" (1999).

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2828 Harrison Boulevard
Ogden, UT, United States
(801) 737-8700
www.ohs.ogden.k12.ut.us/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_High_School_(Ogden,_Utah)
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Coordinates:   41°12'43"N   111°56'49"W

Comments

  • This is a great school with wonderful faculty and staff.
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