Lincoln School (Pikeville, Tennessee) Explained

Lincoln School
Location:Old TN 28 near Rockford Rd., Pikeville, Tennessee
Coordinates:35.6122°N -85.1906°W
Architect:Samuel L. Smith
Architecture:Bungalow/American craftsman
Added:July 15, 1993
Refnum:93000648

Lincoln School, also known as the Lincoln Consolidated Rosenwald School, is a former African-American school in Pikeville, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The school was built in 1925 with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund to house a black school that previously had been located in the Pikeville Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.[1] The building design is characteristic of a Rosenwald school, with a gable roof, tall narrow batteries of windows, and short piers.[2] The school operated until 1965, educating children from kindergarten through grade 8.[3] It was listed on the National Register in 1993.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robnett . Elizabeth . 1982 . Pikeville Chapel AME Zion Church: speech . Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University.
  2. Web site: Hoffschwelle . Mary S. . 2012 . Preserving Rosenwald Schools, 2nd edition . National Trust for Historic Preservation . 8.
  3. Web site: Lincoln School . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228032741/http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/lincoln-school/ . December 28, 2013 . December 25, 2013 . Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.