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  Lincoln School

Grove City, Pa.

The Lincoln School

Lincoln School, located at the corner of Gilmore Avenue and North Center Street in Grove City was built in 1906.  Voters approved a $25,000 bond issue in 1905.  W. G. Eckles, who had designed the Central School, drew up the plans for the building.  The land was purchased for $2500.  The building, completed in 1906 at a cost of $21,148, was built by Atwell  and McCoy.

Source:  Wolf Creek Legacy by Lillian Reeher, 1980;  Reflections of Our Past, Grove City Bicentennial, 1998

This photo of the Lincoln School Building was taken in May 2000 at a time when it was serving in its second life as an apartment building.

Lincoln School Building

Grades 1 & 2

abt. 1913 - 1915

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