Lincoln School (Vandalia, Missouri)

Lincoln School
Location 301 Lincoln St., Vandalia, Missouri
Coordinates 39°18′17″N 91°29′33″W / 39.30472°N 91.49250°W / 39.30472; -91.49250Coordinates: 39°18′17″N 91°29′33″W / 39.30472°N 91.49250°W / 39.30472; -91.49250
Area less than one acre
Built 1927 (1927)
Built by Walsh Company
NRHP Reference # 96000060[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1996

Lincoln School is a historic school building located at Vandalia, Audrain County, Missouri. It was built in 1927, and is a two-story, rectangular brick building with a two-story projecting bay. It operated as an exclusively African American public school from 1927 until 1955, when statewide integration of public schools was mandated.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Joyce Holman and Steven E. Mitcnell (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lincoln School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.


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