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Lincoln School
Formerly site of Union
School No. 2
1873 Union School #2 built 1850s, removed 1909,
replaced with Lincoln, WHS_005_331
1908
12 11 Public School No. 2, proposal to replace
1909
02 26 Ordinance
authorizing the issue to bonds preparatory to the building of school
house WG
04 02 Bids opened for New School House WG
04 09 Commissioner C. H. Jacobi resigns WG
04 09 Margaret McGrath resigns, Lillie Habhegger appointed, first grade teacher WG
04 23 Classrooms relocated during school
construction WG
04 30 Old school demolished WG
12 31 Public Schools Open: On account of unforeseen delays caused by the
holidays, Lincoln School will not open until Thursday, January 6, 1910; instead
of Monday as formerly planned. Time lost
will be made up during the spring vacation.
All the other schools will open Monday, January 3, 1910. Board of Education. WG
1910
02 11 New
Lincoln School, open house WG
02 18 Lincoln School Dedicated. Hundreds of citizens visited the new Lincoln
school. The pupils of the school
furnished a very appropriate program in honor of the event and in honor of the
day, Saturday being Lincoln's birthday anniversary, after whom the school is
named. A fine bust of the late Abraham
Lincoln occupies a conspicuous place in the lower hall on the left as you enter
the building, and here the statue was unveiled and the exercises were held, the
pupils of the school and teachers being arranged on the stairways leading to
the upper story; all held small flags and waved them as they sang the Star
Spangled Banner. WG [FULL ARTICLE].
02 25 Teachers
of Lincoln School entertain teachers of public schools, members of school
board WG
1923
Kindergarten class, Lincoln School
1926
Third Grade class, Lincoln School
1929
Sixth Grade class, Lincoln School
1949
Lincoln
School fire
1957
12 18 Headquarters for area Civilian Defense
communications; portion of the basement approved for use WDT
1998
11 17 Lincoln School erected 50 years
after the original building burned down
WDT
1999
08 29 Ed Kusel, kindergarten, 1924,
re-visits WDT
2009
09 29 Residents take note of the new look to the outside of Lincoln school
during the open house. Renovations done
over the summer. Updates included a new
boiler, unit ventilators and added insulation, repairs and new paint to the
lockers, new entryway doors and glass block windows in the gym, a new flagpole
and landscaping, and new windows throughout the building. Also, the school has
been equipped with a programmable security system that can lock the building
immediately in an emergency . . . Lincoln school was built in 1949 after the
previous school burned down in a fire.
WDT
Image
Portfolio
Lincoln
School 1911, postcard
Lincoln
School and Playground 1910, postcard
Cross References:
Mrs. Ira O. Howe, formerly Miss Cora Bradbury,
taught school in the old No. 2 Union School
