Lincoln School, also known as the Lincoln Consolidated Rosenwald School, is a former

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school in

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, that is listed on the

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. The school was built in 1925 with assistance from the

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to house a

black school Black schools, also referred to as "colored" schools, were racially segregated schools in the United States that originated after the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. The phenomenon began in the late 1860s during Reconstruction era ...

that previously had been located in the

Pikeville Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Pikeville Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic African-American church on E. Valley Drive in Pikeville, Tennessee. The church was built in 1870, during Reconstruction. It was used by multiple congregations and also serve ...

. The building design is characteristic of a

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, with a

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, tall narrow batteries of windows, and short piers. The school operated until 1965, educating children from kindergarten through grade 8. It was listed on the National Register in 1993.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee School buildings completed in 1925 Buildings and structures in Bledsoe County, Tennessee Historically segregated African-American schools in Tennessee Rosenwald schools in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Bledsoe County, Tennessee 1925 establishments in Tennessee {{BledsoeCountyTN-NRHP-stub