- City:
- Kansas City, MO
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Charles A. Smith
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
When built by the PWA in 1936, Lincoln was the only high school available for black students in this segregated school system. It was built on a hill overlooking the vibrant 18th and Vine entertainment district that boasted some of the best jazz venues in the country and was close to the stadium of the Kansas City Monarchs. It was expanded in 1965. The building now houses the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy.
Source notes
Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on August 17, 2015.
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