page_title: Utah State Industrial School
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Utah State Industrial School / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Layout of the Ogden Military Academy, which became the Utah State Industrial School in 1896. Taken from a fire insurance map of Ogden, Utah prepared by the D.A. Sanborn Map Company.
context_page_description: Utah State Industrial School was a juvenile reform school that operated in Ogden, Utah from October 31, 1889 to 1983.
context_section_description: In 1888, the Utah Territorial Assembly passed the Reform School bill, at the initiative of Salt Lake City attorney James Moyle, to help juvenile delinquents by teaching new skills and improving habits. In May 1888, a committee researched schools around the United States to determine which model would be best for the Utah Territory.
  The Utah Territorial Reform School opened in Ogden on October 31, 1889. Boys and girls lived in the same dormitories during the first ten years, but daily activities, were divided by gender. Discipline was an ongoing concern deemed necessary to keep children in line at the school. Punishment ranged from deprivation of meals and privileges, to solitary confinement, whipping, and the use of restraints. Youths were confined at the school by the order of juvenile court judges.
  On June 24, 1891, a fire destroyed most of the building, including the resident halls. The Ogden Military Academy offered its vacant buildings to operate in while the school was to be rebuilt. In 1896, the school permanently took over the site of the old military academy. With Utah becoming a state, the school was officially renamed the Utah State Industrial School.
caption: In 1896, the school took over the former site of the Ogden Military Academy.
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