Salt Lake Community College - South City Campus Building, College building in Salt Lake City, US

South High School opened in 1931 at 1575 S. State Street, built in fourteen months at an estimated cost of $1.5 million on the site of John Chamberlain's Original Pioneer Nursery. Its three-story section forms a rough letter "E", with wide double ramps instead of stairs, arched hallways of textured plaster, and red and black checkerboard tile floors. The auditorium has a balcony and opera alcoves flanking the stage; 1950s and early 1960s additions brought a large gymnasium with seating balconies.

South High School opened in 1931 on the site of John Chamberlain's Original Pioneer Nursery, built in fourteen months at a cost of $1.5 million after the 1928 plan was revived by the LDS High School's closure. It operated until 1988, graduating more than 36,000 students, and the building then became a Salt Lake Community College campus.

South High's teams were the Cubs, a name coined when a newspaper called principal Devoe Woolf's students his "Woolf Cubs". Earlier the school used a "Rebel" and "Southern" theme: the spring dance was called "Plantation", and the cub mascot often wore a grey Civil War-era battle cap. Colors were Yale blue and white.

The campus sits at 1575 S. State Street, on the southern end of Salt Lake City proper. The original three-story block runs in a rough E shape, with wide double ramps instead of stairs linking the floors. Innovations Early College High School occupies the first floor at the south end, the Career and Technical Center the second floor above it.

The school's mascot, a Bear Cub, came from a newspaper article calling students the principal's "Woolf Cubs", a pun on Dr. Devoe Woolf's name. Teams wore uniforms resembling the Chicago Cubs', and the cub often appeared in a grey Civil War-era cap.