[920 W. Swanitz]

One of 667 photographs in the series: Historic Resources Survey of Palestine, Texas: An Inventory for The City of Palestine available on this site.

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Photograph of the front and side of the "Lincoln School" located at 920 W. Swanitz in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story brick building that served as a school for African-American students from 1923 until integration in Palestine during 1965. This building was demolished after a 1999 fire. A sign on the corner says: "Anderson County Community Council community Center, 723-5101, Our One Constant: Service to Humanity."

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Hardy, Heck, Moore June 1991.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2006 and was provided by the Palestine Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 529 times, with 4 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of the front and side of the "Lincoln School" located at 920 W. Swanitz in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story brick building that served as a school for African-American students from 1923 until integration in Palestine during 1965. This building was demolished after a 1999 fire. A sign on the corner says: "Anderson County Community Council community Center, 723-5101, Our One Constant: Service to Humanity."

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Photograph of 920 W. Swantz taken from the road. Photo was taken for the Historic Resources Survey of Palestine, Texas 1989-1991. In 1891, the first high school for African-American students in Palestine opened n the Mission church on San Jacinto Street. Four years later, the school moved to this site and became known as Lincoln High School. The first class graduated from Lincoln in 1896. Originally a four-room building, the schoolhouse was expanded over time to accommodate increasing enrollment. In 1922, the Lincoln School building burned, and classes were held in several churches until the new, six-room brick structure was completed in 1923. As rural districts consolidated with Palestine, enrollment at Lincoln continued to increase, and the school became an important cultural center for the African-American community.

In 1952, the school board approved construction of a new high school, to be named in honor of Alonzo Marion Story, Lincoln’s principal from 1925 to 1949. The building that had formerly housed the high school reopened as Lincoln Junior High in the fall of 1953. Serving grades five through eight, it later housed grades two through eight before closing in 1965 when the Palestine schools integrated.

After 1965, the Lincoln School building remained in use as an important social center and as headquarters for the Anderson County Community Council. A fire on September 21, 1999 resulted in its demolition, but this site remains a significant part of the educational and community heritage of Palestine and Anderson County.

Taken from: Historic Resources Survey of Palestine, Texas: An Inventory for The City of Palestine, Volume V, Color Slides, June 1991

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Rescuing Texas History, 2006

Rescuing Texas History is a project that aims to digitize at-risk photographs, maps, artwork, and more. Funding was provided by the Summerlee Foundation of Dallas.

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Hardy, Heck, Moore. [920 W. Swanitz], photograph, June 1991; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10558/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palestine Public Library.

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