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Lincoln School (Paducah, Kentucky)

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architecture style; and the 1921 and 1938 buildings were in the Classical Revival architecture style. Louisville's Nevin Henry Wischmeyer (or Hugh Nevin, Earl Henry, and Herman Wischmeyer) completed the design for the 1921 building. The additional neighboring buildings were purchased as the
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Former principals for Lincoln School included E. W. Benton from 1894 to 1906; G. W. Jackson from 1906 to 1915; J. G. G. Prather from 1915 to 1917; E. W. Whiteside from 1927 to 1965; and B. W. Browne in 1965. E. W. Whiteside introduced the school motto, "Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve".
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in Louisville in 1870, neighboring Kentucky cities established their own segregated public schools for African American students including the Lincoln School in Paducah;
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The school campus was a complex of three buildings in a U-shaped configuration, constructed in 1894, 1921, and 1938. The earliest building was in a late-
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The former campus is near other NRHP-listed or nominated locations for Black community history, including the
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enrollment in the school increased (one of which was the former site of the Second Baptist Church).
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Library Service to African Americans in Kentucky, from the Reconstruction Era to the 1960s
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National Register of Historic Places listings in McCracken County, Kentucky
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In 1965, the Lincoln School was consolidated into the
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Lincoln School was named in honor of former President
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Lincoln High School (Paducah, Kentucky)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Paducah
McCracken County
37°04′40″N 88°35′57″W / 37.077778°N 88.599167°W / 37.077778; -88.599167
Nevin, Henry & Wischmeyer
Classical Revival
Italianate
88000895
Paducah
Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places
Central High School
Paris Colored High School
Paris
Clinton Street High School
Mayo–Underwood School
Frankfort
William Grant High School
Covington
Russell School
Lexington
Winchester
Abraham Lincoln
Paducah Downtown Commercial District
Burks Chapel A.M.E. Church
Artelia Anderson Hall
Italianate
Paducah Tilghman High School

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