704:
74:
99:
57:
106:
81:
305:
In 1870, the school expanded to include teacher training and for a time became known as the
Lincoln Normal University for Teachers. The program primarily focused on training African American high school graduates to become teachers. In 1885, Lincoln School was voted the top school for freed slaves in
270:
The school's roots go back to a Union Army soldier who remained in Marion after the end of the Civil War to teach newly freed
African Americans. His efforts proved successful and in 1867 the school was incorporated with the support of African Americans from the surrounding
558:
See, The Crisis, an official publication of the NAACP, Vol. 79-80, p. 156, 1972. Noted educator and scholar Horace Mann Bond attributed the inordinately high number of advanced degrees to the quality of education offered by
Lincoln School. See online at,
869:
331:
The school was led by several principals, most notably Miss Mary
Elizabeth Phillips. During her tenure from 1896 to 1927 both the campus and student body expanded. In 1939, alumni and friends constructed Phillips Memorial Auditorium in her honor.
314:
to accept the
Presidency of the State Normal School and University for Colored Students and Teachers in Marion, Alabama. In 1887 fire destroyed many of the campus buildings. As a result, the teacher training function was relocated to
282:, made up the first Board of Trustees. Under their guidance, the black and white community of Marion raised five hundred dollars to buy land for the school's campus. The money to build the school building came from the
809:
335:
Other notable faculty included Cecil and Fran Thomas who were instrumental in establishing a choral program at the school. Under their direction, choirs from the school toured across the
Southeast and Midwest.
834:
786:
844:
829:
344:
Lincoln School became well known for graduating a high proportion of students who went on to attain advanced degrees, a remarkable achievement for any school but more particularly for a
864:
352:
819:
286:(AMA). In 1868, school trustees sought the assistance of the AMA for help with day-to-day operation of the school. The AMA supplied teachers and financial support.
639:
547:
824:
712:
688:
673:
139:
614:, The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama (digitized content)
790:
606:
839:
632:
500:
683:
360:
43:
576:
560:
98:
849:
278:
Nine ex-slaves, Joey Pinch, Thomas Speed, Nickolas Dale, James Childs, Thomas Lee, John
Freeman, Nathan Levert, David Harris, and
859:
660:
345:
448:
625:
73:
732:
548:
https://books.google.com/books?id=GkHrnFzEykwC&dq=cecil+and+fran+thomas+lincoln+school+marion+alabama&pg=RA5-PA28-IA1
648:
429:
356:
34:
814:
703:
290:
591:
283:
617:
772:
737:
693:
747:
599:
Neither
Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags: Black Officeholders during the Reconstruction of Alabama 1867–1878.
513:
355:. One of the few buildings remaining on the campus site is the Phillips Memorial Auditorium, now on the
501:
https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk7NPRm_nB0C&dq=lincoln+normal+school+marion+alabama&pg=PA25
762:
727:
854:
678:
561:
https://books.google.com/books?id=kH_XAAAAMAAJ&q=lincoln+school+marion+alabama+horace+mann+bond
320:
363:. The Lincoln High School Gymnasium was also added to the Alabama Register on February 29, 2005.
351:
The school closed in 1970, when it was consolidated with the newly built and racially integrated
380:
307:
546:, Clayborne Carson, editor, (University of California Press, 1996), at p. 28, found online at
767:
652:
434:
376:
272:
391:
870:
Defunct black public schools in the United States that closed when schools were integrated
8:
668:
385:
316:
279:
722:
372:
255:
201:
544:
The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr., Birth of a New Age, December 1955-December 1956
311:
240:
State Normal School and
University for the Education of Colored Teachers and Students
514:"William Burns Paterson: "Pioneer as well as Apostle of Negro Education in Alabama"
243:
472:
56:
757:
647:
251:
127:
742:
449:"The ASU Legacy: Perseverance, Progress and Promise | Alabama State University"
61:
Phillips
Memorial Auditorium, one of only a few campus buildings still standing
803:
294:
247:
154:
141:
398:
404:
810:
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
297:
pushed for the school's expansion into a normal school and university.
787:
National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Alabama
262:(historically black colleges and universities) in the United States.
497:
Black Heritage Sites: An African American Odyssey and Finder's Guide
424:
611:
835:
National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Alabama
575:, The American Missionary, January 1922, p. 19. Found online
259:
845:
Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
830:
Historically segregated African-American schools in Alabama
865:
Schools supported by the American Missionary Association
820:
Defunct private universities and colleges in Alabama
728:
Chapel and Lovelace Hall, Marion Military Institute
254:. Founded less than two years after the end of the
801:
603:Childs, Idella J. (1976) "Lincoln Normal School"
791:List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama
633:
612:Lincoln Normal School Scrapbooks, 1910s-1920s
499:,(Nancy Curtis: 1996) p. 25, found online at
105:
80:
825:Educational institutions established in 1867
397:Jean Childs, wife of civil rights activist
684:Marion Courthouse Square Historic District
640:
626:
573:Lincoln Industrial School, Marion, Alabama
361:Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
55:
44:Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
35:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
339:
607:History of the Baptists in Perry County
802:
511:
425:"National Register Information System"
403:Odith Thelma Patton, mother of Bishop
733:First Congregational Church of Marion
621:
388:, educator, and civil rights activist
840:Neoclassical architecture in Alabama
649:National Register of Historic Places
430:National Register of Historic Places
357:National Register of Historic Places
763:President's House, Marion Institute
417:
300:
13:
585:
14:
881:
366:
850:Schools in Perry County, Alabama
702:
679:Judson College Historic District
518:The Alabama Historical Quarterly
473:"Alabama State University (ASU)"
394:, Birmingham minister and banker
291:Alabama State Board of Education
104:
97:
79:
72:
284:American Missionary Association
860:1867 establishments in Alabama
674:Green Street Historic District
565:
552:
536:
505:
489:
465:
441:
348:high school in rural Alabama.
196:
1:
694:West Marion Historic District
410:
306:the south. On July 26, 1878,
246:school expanded to include a
113:Show map of the United States
753:Phillips Memorial Auditorium
748:Moore-Webb-Holmes Plantation
27:Phillips Memorial Auditorium
16:United States historic place
7:
689:Uniontown Historic District
10:
886:
815:Defunct schools in Alabama
512:Sherer, Robert G. (1930).
326:
265:
258:, it is one of the oldest
126:Lincoln Ave. and Lee St.,
781:
711:
700:
659:
238:and later reorganized as
220:
212:
207:
195:NRHP reference
194:
186:
178:
174:0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
170:
133:
122:
66:
54:
50:
41:
32:
25:
21:
321:Alabama State University
234:(1867–1970), originally
187:Architectural style
495:See, Curtis, Nancy C.,
477:Encyclopedia of Alabama
381:Martin Luther King Jr.
308:William Burns Paterson
768:Siloam Baptist Church
653:Perry County, Alabama
592:Lincoln Normal School
524:(2: summer 1974): 134
435:National Park Service
377:civil rights activist
340:Legacy and reputation
232:Lincoln Normal School
155:32.62555°N 87.32909°W
392:William R. Pettiford
221:Designated ARLH
669:Fairhope Plantation
386:Edythe Scott Bagley
280:Alexander H. Curtis
160:32.62555; -87.32909
151: /
88:Show map of Alabama
723:Bryand Brand House
661:Historic districts
373:Coretta Scott King
353:Marion High School
797:
796:
597:Bailey, Richard.
542:See footnote at,
437:. March 13, 2009.
312:Tullibody Academy
242:, was a historic
228:
227:
224:February 19, 1988
216:February 13, 1990
208:Significant dates
190:Classical Revival
877:
706:
642:
635:
628:
619:
618:
579:
577:via Google Books
571:Phillips, M.E.,
569:
563:
556:
550:
540:
534:
533:
531:
529:
509:
503:
493:
487:
486:
484:
483:
469:
463:
462:
460:
459:
445:
439:
438:
421:
319:where it became
301:Teacher training
244:African American
198:
166:
165:
163:
162:
161:
156:
152:
149:
148:
147:
144:
114:
108:
107:
101:
89:
83:
82:
76:
59:
19:
18:
885:
884:
880:
879:
878:
876:
875:
874:
855:Marion, Alabama
800:
799:
798:
793:
777:
714:
707:
698:
655:
646:
588:
586:Further reading
583:
582:
570:
566:
557:
553:
541:
537:
527:
525:
510:
506:
494:
490:
481:
479:
471:
470:
466:
457:
455:
447:
446:
442:
423:
422:
418:
413:
369:
342:
329:
303:
268:
252:Marion, Alabama
159:
157:
153:
150:
145:
142:
140:
138:
137:
128:Marion, Alabama
118:
117:
116:
115:
112:
111:
110:
109:
92:
91:
90:
87:
86:
85:
84:
62:
46:
37:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
883:
873:
872:
867:
862:
857:
852:
847:
842:
837:
832:
827:
822:
817:
812:
795:
794:
782:
779:
778:
776:
775:
770:
765:
760:
755:
750:
745:
743:Kenworthy Hall
740:
735:
730:
725:
719:
717:
709:
708:
701:
699:
697:
696:
691:
686:
681:
676:
671:
665:
663:
657:
656:
645:
644:
637:
630:
622:
616:
615:
609:
604:
601:
595:
587:
584:
581:
580:
564:
551:
535:
504:
488:
464:
440:
415:
414:
412:
409:
408:
407:
401:
395:
389:
383:
368:
367:Notable alumni
365:
341:
338:
328:
325:
302:
299:
267:
264:
236:Lincoln School
226:
225:
222:
218:
217:
214:
210:
209:
205:
204:
199:
192:
191:
188:
184:
183:
180:
176:
175:
172:
168:
167:
135:
131:
130:
124:
120:
119:
103:
102:
96:
95:
94:
93:
78:
77:
71:
70:
69:
68:
67:
64:
63:
60:
52:
51:
48:
47:
42:
39:
38:
33:
30:
29:
26:
23:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
882:
871:
868:
866:
863:
861:
858:
856:
853:
851:
848:
846:
843:
841:
838:
836:
833:
831:
828:
826:
823:
821:
818:
816:
813:
811:
808:
807:
805:
792:
788:
785:
780:
774:
771:
769:
766:
764:
761:
759:
756:
754:
751:
749:
746:
744:
741:
739:
736:
734:
731:
729:
726:
724:
721:
720:
718:
716:
710:
705:
695:
692:
690:
687:
685:
682:
680:
677:
675:
672:
670:
667:
666:
664:
662:
658:
654:
650:
643:
638:
636:
631:
629:
624:
623:
620:
613:
610:
608:
605:
602:
600:
596:
593:
590:
589:
578:
574:
568:
562:
555:
549:
545:
539:
523:
519:
515:
508:
502:
498:
492:
478:
474:
468:
454:
453:www.alasu.edu
450:
444:
436:
432:
431:
426:
420:
416:
406:
402:
400:
396:
393:
390:
387:
384:
382:
378:
374:
371:
370:
364:
362:
358:
354:
349:
347:
337:
333:
324:
322:
318:
313:
309:
298:
296:
295:Peyton Finley
292:
287:
285:
281:
276:
274:
263:
261:
257:
253:
249:
248:normal school
245:
241:
237:
233:
223:
219:
215:
213:Added to NRHP
211:
206:
203:
200:
193:
189:
185:
181:
177:
173:
169:
164:
136:
132:
129:
125:
121:
100:
75:
65:
58:
53:
49:
45:
40:
36:
31:
24:
20:
783:
758:Pitts' Folly
752:
598:
594:tribute site
572:
567:
554:
543:
538:
526:. Retrieved
521:
517:
507:
496:
491:
480:. Retrieved
476:
467:
456:. Retrieved
452:
443:
428:
419:
399:Andrew Young
379:and wife of
350:
343:
334:
330:
304:
288:
277:
273:Perry County
269:
239:
235:
231:
229:
738:Henry House
405:T. D. Jakes
158: /
134:Coordinates
804:Categories
715:properties
482:2021-06-29
458:2021-06-29
411:References
346:segregated
317:Montgomery
146:87°19′45″W
143:32°37′32″N
784:See also:
289:In 1871,
256:Civil War
773:Westwood
359:and the
202:88003243
123:Location
528:10 July
327:Faculty
293:member
266:History
713:Other
310:left
260:HBCUs
179:Built
789:and
530:2017
230:The
182:1937
171:Area
651:in
250:in
197:No.
806::
522:36
520:.
516:.
475:.
451:.
433:.
427:.
375:,
323:.
275:.
641:e
634:t
627:v
532:.
485:.
461:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
