Lincoln School (Vandalia, Missouri)

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Lincoln School

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Location 301 Lincoln St., Vandalia, Missouri
Coordinates 39°18′17″N91°29′33″W / 39.30472°N 91.49250°W / 39.30472; -91.49250 Coordinates: 39°18′17″N91°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

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Vandalia, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Vandalia is a city in northeastern Audrain and extending into southeastern Ralls Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 3,899 at the 2010 census, which includes about 2000 prisoners incarcerated at the prison located within the City Limits.

Audrain County, Missouri County in the United States

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

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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.