Lincoln School Historic Apartments, formerly Lincoln School, is a former public school and current loft apartment building in
Racine, Wisconsin
Racine ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River. Racine is situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and approximately 60 ...
. Constructed in 1890, it replaced an earlier school on the other side of
State Street, which had been built in 1862 and damaged by a tornado in 1883. The school opened in April 1891, with eight classrooms. An addition was made in 1908, adding eight more rooms, as well as an auditorium, stockroom, nurse's room, and teacher's lounge. A statue of the school's namesake,
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 â April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
, was erected on a triangular plot next to the school in 1923. A chimney was added in 1932, with a boiler house built in 1936.
[ With ] The school closed in 1981, and was used for storage by the
school district
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North America United States
In the U.S, most Kâ12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...
until it was sold to the Toldt-Hennessy Group of
Brookfield in 1988. On September 1, 1991, the first tenants moved into the newly converted Lincoln School Historic Apartments, a loft building geared toward seniors.
Old Schools
Racine Journal Times
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The ''Journal Times'' traces its roots to t ...
, 4 Nov. 1997.
References
Buildings and structures in Racine, Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Racine County, Wisconsin
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