Lincoln High School (Seattle, Washington)
| Lincoln High School | |
|---|---|
 Historic entry in 2019 | |
| Address | |
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4400 Interlake Avenue N , 98103 United States | |
| Coordinates | 47°39′36″N122°20′23″W/ 47.6600°N 122.3397°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Learn with passion. Act with courage. Improve the world. |
| Established | 1907[1] |
| Status | Open |
| Closed | 1981 (Reopened 2019) |
| School district | Seattle Public Schools |
| Principal | Corey Eichner |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1665 (2022-2023) 2,800 at peak (1950s) |
| Campus size | 6.72 acres |
| Color(s) | Red & Black |
| Mascot | Lynx[1] |
| Rivals | Ballard High School |
| Newspaper | Lincoln LogandLynxFeed FormerlyThe Lincoln Totem |
| Yearbook | The Totem |
| Website | https://lincolnhs.seattleschools.org/ |
Lincoln High School(shortened toLincoln High,Lincoln,orL.H.S.) is apublichigh schoolinSeattle,Washington,part of theSeattle Public Schoolsdistrict and named afterAbraham Lincoln,the 16thPresident of the United States.
The school was re-established as a comprehensive high school in the fall of 2019 after being closed in 1981 and comprehensively renovated in 2017-2019. The school re-opened with grades 9-10 but has now reached the full capacity of four grades. During the years when the high school was not operating, the school buildings were used to house public schools "in exile" while their own buildings underwent major renovations and as the North Seattle site for Cascadia Elementary, aselective public school,which has since relocated.
History
[edit]The school was built in 1906 in theWallingfordneighborhood to handle the growth in the area.[2]It opened in 1907 and until 1971 was a three-year senior high school (grades 10-11-12, or sophomores/juniors/seniors), thereafter a four-year high school with grades 9 to 12. Lincoln High closed as a school in its own right after 74 years in 1981, and the building has been used several times since as a temporary holding location for other Seattle public schools as their own buildings underwent renovations / remodelings / rebuildings.[1][3]The Lincoln building housedBallard High Schoolin 1997–1999 while their current facility was being built, then theLatona Elementary School(1999–2000).[1]It next housedRoosevelt High Schoolin 2004–2006 andGarfield High Schoolin 2006–2008 while their respective buildings were being renovated and upgraded. September 2009 to June 2010, Lincoln was the home to theHamilton International Middle Schoolwhile the Hamilton building was renovated and housed the recently split APP North middle school cohort for one year with Hamilton in 2009-2010.[citation needed]The old Lincoln High building then underwent its own renovations and became an Attendance Area / zoned neighborhood comprehensive public high school once again in 2019.
Like many Seattle schools, Lincoln was impacted by theJapanese American internmentduringWorld War II.Among those interned were the president of the boys' Lynx Club and girls' Triple L and the editor of the school newspaper, theTotem.[1]
After the war, Edison Technical School (laterSeattle Central College) on Seattle'sCapitol Hillneighborhood expanded and took over the facilities ofBroadway High School,mainly to serve returning veterans. Broadway's regular high school student body were all transferred to Lincoln High.[4]For some years after the war, Lincoln also served the city ofShoreline,until that suburb built its own public high school. In 1948, during the national "Red Scare" controversy, the school was receiving letters warning of communists within the teaching staff.[2]In 1949, during atuberculosisoutbreak, Lincoln sent teachers toFirland Sanatorium,and patients earned Lincoln diplomas.[1]
Lincoln High School was closed in 1981 due to declining enrollment. At the time the decision was made to shutter Lincoln, theTotemnewspaper had been rated All-American status by theNational Scholastic Press Associationseven semesters in a row, and it had a notable artsmagnet programand an excellentspecial educationprogram.[1]
In the years after its closure, the Lincoln High building was used by various community and religious organizations, including the WallingfordBoys and Girls Club.In 1988, the derelict building was used as the filming location for the dystopian 1990 science fiction action movieClass of 1999.[5]A 1993 plan would have renovated Lincoln as a new home for Hamilton Middle School, also setting aside part of the building for community services. Instead, it became an interim location for various other schools over the next few decades.[1]
Facilities
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Lincoln High School comprises five main buildings on a single campus. The three western buildings (1907/1914-1920/1930), are co-joined and form a cohesive historic presence facing Interlake Avenue North. The two eastern buildings are stand-alone structures constructed in the late 1950s and opened in 1959.
Between 1914 and 1920, the north wing and several other minor additions were added by Stephen’s architectural successor, Edgar Blair. The 1930 south wing was added by Stephen’s successor,Floyd A. Naramore.
The school’s property for its campus was also enlarged in 1957 to cover 6.72 acres. Since then the playfield has been replaced by a paved parking area.[6][7][8][9]
Abronzebustof a young Abraham Lincoln, sculpted in 1964 byAvard Fairbanks,stood on the east side of the school[1]until its relocation into a new entryway in 2019.
The 2017-2019 renovation to the historic buildings included relocating the main entry away from the historic entry, restoring the historic library, creating a new two-story central commons space, and upgrading the structure, mechanical and electrical systems, and providing new energy-efficient windows and exterior walls.[10][11]
Athletics
[edit]Lincoln competes inWIAAClass 3A and is a member of theMetro LeagueinDistrict Two.
- Baseball: 2023
- Boys basketball: 1945, 1956, 1957
- Boys soccer: 2023
Notable alumni
[edit]- Kay Bell,American football player in theNational Football League(NFL) with theDetroit Lions,Chicago BearsandNew York Giantsin the 1930s and a professional wrestler.
- Eddie Carlson,chair of the World's Fair Commission, for Seattle'sCentury 21 Expositionin 1962 and later president and chief executive officer ofUnited Airlinesand its later holding company U.A.L, Inc.[13]
- Don Coryell(1943), Professional football coach in theNational Football League(NFL) with theSt. Louis Cardinals (NFL),andSan Diego Chargers
- Anita White,American blues singer and activist[14]
- Rick "The Peanut Man" Kaminski(1944-2011), belovedSafeco Fieldsports stadium food hawker.[15]
- John Franklin Koenig,artist.[16]
- Phyllis Lamphere,former president ofSeattle City Counciland first female president of theNational League of Cities
- Betty MacDonald,author ofThe Egg and I.[17]
- Helene Madison,three-time1932 Olympicsgold-medal winner in swimming, graduated Class of 1931.
- Dorothy Provine,television and film actress.[18]
- Bernice Stern,first woman elected to theKing County Council.[19]
- Ralph Weymouth,Vice Admiral, USN, attended, but moved before graduating.
- Rich Hand,former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Lynn Woolsey,former ten-term California congresswoman.[20]
Further reading
[edit]- Thompson, Nile; Marr, Carolyn J. (2002). "Lincoln High School".Building for Learning: Seattle Public School Histories, 1862-2000.Seattle Public Schools.OCLC54019052.Republished online by HistoryLink by permission of the Seattle Public School District:"Seattle Public Schools, 1862-2000: Lincoln High School",HistoryLink,Seattle: History Ink, 2013-09-08
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghiThompson & Marr 2002
- ^abSeattle's women teachers of the interwar years,Doris Hinson Pieroth, p 15, 2004,ISBN0-295-98445-7,accessed May 2009
- ^Clark Humphrey,Vanishing Seattle,Arcadia Publishing, 2006.ISBN978-0-7385-4869-2.p. 74.
- ^Paul Dorpat,Broadway High School, Seattle's first dedicated high school, opens in 1902,HistoryLink, 2001-04-15. Accessed 2009-05-25.
- ^"Class of 1999 (1990) - IMDb".IMDb.
- ^James Stephen, Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.Retrieved 2016-03-20
- ^Seattle Public Schools, Lincoln, Abraham, High School, PCAD Library.Retrieved 2016-03-20
- ^Edgar Blair (Architect), PCAD Library.Retrieved 2016-03-20
- ^Floyd Archibald Naramore (Architect), PCAD Library.Retrieved 2016-03-20
- ^Seattle's renovated Lincohn HS reopening for first time in 4 decades, KIRO7, September 3, 2019.Retrieved 2019-10-26
- ^Seattle’s Lincoln High to reopen 38 years after closing,Seattle DJC, August 24, 2017.Retrieved 2019-10-26
- ^Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association.Tournament History: Championship Information.
- ^Paula Becker,Carlson, Edward "Eddie" E. (1911-1990),HistoryLink, 2005-01-05. Accessed 2009-05-25.
- ^Rietmulder, Michael (2020-08-07)."Seattle's Lady A confronts white privilege in battle with country stars and beyond".Seattle Times.Retrieved2021-02-14.
- ^Joe Veyera,"Mariners' 'Peanut Man' Had Shoreline Connection Rick Kaminski was a King's and Shoreline Community College Student,"Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Patch,July 28, 2011.
- ^Sheila Farr,John Franklin Koenig, prolific artist, dies at 83Archived2009-06-21 at theWayback Machine,Seattle Times,2008-01-04. Accessed 2009-05-25.
- ^Mildred Andrews,MacDonald, Betty (1908-1958),1994-11-04. Accessed 2009-05-25.
- ^Dorothy M. Provine Day,Obituary,Seattle Times,May 2, 2010. Accessed 2015-10-23.
- ^Frank Chesley,Stern, Bernice (1916-2007),HistoryLink, 2006-11-07, updated 2007-06-30. Accessed 2009-05-25.
- ^"WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives".
External links
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- School Website
- Lincoln High School Alumni Association
- History Link– Lincoln High School
- Seattle Then and Now– Wallingford fisticuffs
