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Former Elwood School Nominated for National Register

By Greg Bebermeyer

05/09/2014

(KNZA)--A former school in the Doniphan County community of Elwood has been nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

The Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review voted at their recent meeting to forward the nomination of the Lincoln School, located at 410 North 9th Street in Elwood, and ten other properties to the office of the Keeper of the National Register in Washington D.C. to be evaluated by its professional staff.

If staff members concur with the board’s findings, the properties will be included in the National Register.

The National Register of Historic Places is the country’s official list of historically significant properties.

The Lincoln School served as a school for black students from 1935 to 1954 when a U.S. Supreme Court decision ended segregation through Brown vs the Board of Education.

The building, which is owned by Riverside USD 114, is now leased to the Doniphan County Council on Aging for use as a senior citizens center. It also serves as a branch library.

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