Lincoln School (Huntsville, Alabama)

	Lincoln School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Lincoln School in December 2010
Location	1110 N. Meridian St., Huntsville, Alabama
Coordinates	34°44′43″N86°35′2″W / 34.74528°N 86.58389°W Coordinates: 34°44′43″N86°35′2″W / 34.74528°N 86.58389°W
Built	1929
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
Part of	Lincoln Mill and Mill Village Historic District (ID10000200 )
NRHP reference No.	82001608
Added to NRHP	December 27, 1982

Last updated November 13, 2021

Lincoln School is a historic school building in Huntsville, Alabama. Built in 1929 as part of the Lincoln Mill Village, the school became part of the city school system in the 1950s. The city sold the building to a private school in 2011. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

History

Lincoln School was built in 1929 by the owners of the Lincoln textile mill to serve the children of the mill village. The mill opened in 1900 and was purchased in 1918 by William Lincoln Barrell. The first school in the village was a five-teacher school completed in 1923. As the mill grew, the school was expanded in 1925. By 1929, the first school was overcrowded again, and a larger, three-story structure was completed at a cost of $60,000 (equivalent to $904,302in 2020).^[2]^[3]

Although the mill owned the school, the Madison County Board of Education provided teachers and administration. When it opened, the school had grades 1 through 9, adding grades until the first twelfth grade class graduated in 1935. In the mid-1950s, the mill had closed and the village was annexed into the city limits. High school and middle school students were reassigned to other schools in the city school system, and Lincoln continued to operate as an elementary school until 2010.^[4]

Despite its lower-class student body, Lincoln Elementary was one of the highest-performing schools in the state, winning state and national recognition. Huntsville City Schools also used Lincoln to train teachers at other schools.^[5] The building was sold in 2011, and a private, church-backed school, Lincoln Academy, began operating the following year.^[6]

Architecture

The building is three stories, with a partially sunken first story, and constructed of cast reinforced concrete. The style is similar to that of the main mill buildings, but with Beaux-Arts details. The front and rear of the building have large, multi-pane windows separated by thick concrete columns.^[4] Its oversized structural elements led the maintenance staff to say that the building "could probably be rolled end-over-end without hurting it much".^[7] The central portion of the façade is raised six feet to add visual emphasis and provide a higher ceiling for the third floor auditorium. The roofline terminates with a stepped parapet. The center section is flanked by two second-floor entry porticos, each supported by four Tuscan columns. Each floor has a central hallway with classrooms on either side, with restrooms on the ends. The third floor has a large auditorium in the middle with original incandescent lights, that has been converted into a library.^[4]

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References

1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
↑ King, Pamela Sterne; David B. Schneider; Susan Entzweiler. "Lincoln Mill and Mill Village Historic District". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service.Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved January 1, 2020.
1 2 3 Bayer, Linda; Harvie Jones (July 2, 1982). "Lincoln School". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
↑ Stephens, Challen (May 6, 2010). "Huntsville City Schools closing down its role model school". The Huntsville Times . Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
↑ Welch, Chris (March 19, 2012). "Lincoln School coming back to life as Lincoln Academy". The Huntsville Times . Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
↑ Jones, Harvie P. (Spring–Summer 1986). Maroney, Micky (ed.). "A Brief Sketch of Huntsville's School Architecture" (PDF). Huntsville Historic Quarterly. XII (3 & 4): 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Alabama

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Retrieved August 17, 2014.

[Lincoln_Mill-2] King, Pamela Sterne; David B. Schneider; Susan Entzweiler. "Lincoln Mill and Mill Village Historic District". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service.Missing or empty |url= (help)

[inflation-US-3] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved January 1, 2020.

[nomform-4] 1 2 3 Bayer, Linda; Harvie Jones (July 2, 1982). "Lincoln School". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.

[5] Stephens, Challen (May 6, 2010). "Huntsville City Schools closing down its role model school". The Huntsville Times . Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.

[6] Welch, Chris (March 19, 2012). "Lincoln School coming back to life as Lincoln Academy". The Huntsville Times . Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.

[7] Jones, Harvie P. (Spring–Summer 1986). Maroney, Micky (ed.). "A Brief Sketch of Huntsville's School Architecture" (PDF). Huntsville Historic Quarterly. XII (3 & 4): 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.

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