Lincoln High School
From 1866 until desegregation in 1954 Lincoln School and (after 1900) Lincoln High School educated the African-American children of Ohio County (and also Marshall County).
Lincoln School students, 1880s
A history of Lincoln School written in 1943
Picture of Principal J. McHenry Jones
Brief biography of Jones, and the text of the novel he wrote
The school around 1914 and a detail of the preceeding
A classroom in Lincoln School, 1914
Lincoln School baseball team, 1914
J. H. Rainbow, Principal of Lincoln, 1914-
The last graduating class at old Lincoln High School, 1943
The new Lincoln High School, opened in 1943
The new Lincoln High School, opened in 1943 (a second view)
The faculty of Lincoln High School, 1943
Program commemorating the dedication of the school, 1943 (16-page booklet)
The former Lincoln High School in 1998
Service provided by the staff of the Ohio County Public Library in partnership with and initially funded by Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation.