Milwaukee August 2022 162 (Lincoln Center of the Arts)

Lincoln High School was a

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

at the corner of Cass and Knapp Streets. It was a part of the

Milwaukee Public Schools Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is the largest school district in Wisconsin. As of the 2015–16 school year, MPS served 75,568 students in 154 schools and had 9,636 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff positions. The Milwaukee Public Schools system i ...

system. It was created in 1920 after the former East Division High School (now Riverside University High School) was moved to new quarters on the east side of the Milwaukee River in 1915. The high school (by then the smallest high school in the MPS system) was disbanded at the end of the 1979 school year. The building now houses Lincoln Center for the Arts, a

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. Lincoln won state championships in the small-school division of boys' cross country in 1953, 1954, 1958 and 1963.

Notable alumni and faculty

* Joseph F. Bellante, Jr., politician * Fred Brown, aka "Downtown Freddie" Brown, NBA Player, First Team All American at University of Iowa * Robert Bloch, writer * Elizabeth M. Coggs, politician *

Lee Holloway Lee Holloway (December 4, 1946 - March 14, 2018) was an American social worker and politician who served two terms as chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. From December 28, 2010 to February 4, 2011, Lee Holloway served as Ac ...

, politician * Al Jarreau, singer * Gus Menos, politician * Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

References

1920 establishments in Wisconsin History of Milwaukee Defunct schools in Wisconsin 1978 disestablishments in Wisconsin Educational institutions established in 1920 Educational institutions disestablished in 1978 {{Wisconsin-school-stub