Lincoln Ave. and Lee St., Marion, Alabama. County/parish: Perry.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 13, 1990. NRIS 88003243.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Lincoln Normal School (1867–1970), originally Lincoln School and later reorganized as State Normal School and University for the Education of Colored Teachers and Students, was a historic African American school expanded to include a normal school in Marion, Alabama. Founded less than two years after the end of the Civil War, it is one of the oldest HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities) in the United States.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77837267