1955: The dedication of Central Davis Junior High School

              The modern gymnasium for Central Davis Junior High School.

CENTRAL Davis Junior High School in Layton wasn’t always known as such. It was originally titled Layton Junior High School.

The school was dedicated on Jan. 24, 1955. School had begun at the $680,000 facility the previous September, with 675 students from not just Layton, but also portions of Kaysville and Farmington too.

Richard S. Stevenson was the original principal of the school. At first, the school only had 15 classrooms, 24 teachers, six cooks and three custodians, according to the Ogden Standard-Examiner of Jan. 20, 1955.

                                   An early view of Central Davis Junior High School.
                                                                       (Photo from the Heritage Museum of Layton Collection.)

Speakers at the actual dedication ceremony included Golden F. Layton of the school board; G. Harold Holt, assistant Davis School Superintendent; and architect Paul Hodgson.

Alan Blood of Kaysville, president of the LDS Church’s Davis Stake, offered the dedicatory prayer for the new school. Musical numbers were provided by the new school’s band.

After the dedication ceremony, the Layton Junior Pep Club gave tours of the new school to the public.

(By the time North Layton Junior High School opened in the 1970s, Layton Junior was retitled Central Davis.)