Lincoln School (Madison, Wisconsin)

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Lincoln School
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Location728 E. Gorham St., Madison, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°04′59″N89°22′49″W / 43.08306°N 89.38028°W / 43.08306; -89.38028 (Lincoln School) Coordinates: 43°04′59″N89°22′49″W / 43.08306°N 89.38028°W / 43.08306; -89.38028 (Lincoln School)
Area2.6 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1915 (1915)
ArchitectClaude & Starck
Architectural stylePrairie School
NRHP reference No. 80000123 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1980

Lincoln School is a historic school building at 728 E. Gorham Street in Madison, Wisconsin. The school was built in 1915 on the site of the Second Ward School, which had been in operation since 1866. Architects Claude and Starck, who designed several other Wisconsin schools along with libraries throughout the Midwest, designed the school in the Prairie School style. The school has a yellow brick exterior with terra cotta banding, multi-story brick pilasters topped with terra cotta capitals separating its windows, and a terra cotta tympanum atop both main entrances. The terra cotta moldings have the same designs as the Merchants National Bank in Winona, Minnesota; its architects, Purcell and Elmslie, were colleagues of Claude and Starck and likely gave them permission to copy the design. [2] The school operated until 1963, when the Madison Art Center moved into the building; the Art Center left in 1980, and it was converted to apartments in 1985. [3]

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Orr, Gordon D. (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Lincoln School". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved November 11, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Property Record: 720 E. Gorham St". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society . Retrieved November 11, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)