Dates

• Existence: 1928 - 1975

Administrative History

Lincoln Junior High School (1928-1975) was a secondary education school in Orem, Utah.

Lincoln Junior High School began as Lincoln High School, the first high school in Orem, Utah. The building was built in 1921 across the street from the Spencer School, which had previously held two classes for ninth and tenth grade. Lincoln Junior High was organized in 1928 and met in the high school and the Spencer School until 1956 when Orem High School was built for the high schoolers. Its student population was halved in 1962 when Orem Junior High School was built. In 1975, the building was vacated and demolished after being determined a fire hazard. Only the Industrial Arts building remained standing as of 2017.

Citation:

Oral history interviews of the Lincoln Junior High School oral history project, circa 1967-1972.

Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Jan. 11, 2007 (Lincoln Junior High School; located in Orem, Utah)

Orem.org, viewed Jan. 11, 2007 (Lincoln Junior High School; located in Orem, Utah at 311 East 800 South; became a separate entity in 1956; closed in the 1975-1976 school year.)

Railsplitter, 1931: page 31 (Lincoln Junior High School has had a steady growth ever since it was organized in 1928 under the principalship of Mr. B. M. Jolley. The enrollment has increased from 181 students at the time of its establishment, to 265 students enrolled this year.)

Railsplitter: (Following examination of Lincoln High School yearbooks from 1925-1956, Lincoln Junior High organized in 1928 but met in classrooms at Lincoln High School and at the Spencer School across the street from Lincoln High School at 340 East 800 South, Orem, Utah until the high school students moved into the newly built Orem High School in 1956. The Lincoln High School building then became known as Lincoln Junior High for grade 7-9.)

Orem Historic Homes and Sites of Interest, 2009: p. 25 (first high school in Orem 1921; across the street from Spencer School; transitioned to junior high 1956; half of students went to Orem Junior High 1962; demolished 1975 due to fire hazard; Industrial Arts building still standing as of 2017).

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