Lincoln School

The Lincoln School, built in 1926 by a Charleston, WV firm, Wysong & Bengston. It replaced an earlier frame school which stood on the same site. It was in operation from 1926 until 1964, and initially contained all grades, through high school. In 1959, African-American high school students chose what school they attended as the school systems were being integrated.

It is a 2-story, red brick school house with protruding wood belt course primary cornice and raised basement, Neo-Classical Revival vernacular in style, flat-roofed, with a centered entrance on the symmetrical facade and multi-light windows. In pre-integration Hinton, this was the school for African-American children that is seven bays wide.. It is a 2-story, red brick school house with protruding wood belt course primary cornice and raised basement, Neo-Classical Revival vernacular in style, flat-roofed, with a centered entrance on the symmetrical facade and multi-light windows. In pre-integration Hinton, this was the school for African-American children that is seven bays wide.