It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since June 23, 1988 for its contribution to educational history and ethnic heritage.

[4] The former campus is near other NRHP-listed or nominated locations for Black community history, including the Paducah Downtown Commercial District, Burks Chapel A.M.E. Church, the Black Masonic Lodge building, and Artelia Anderson Hall (formerly West Kentucky Industrial College, and West Kentucky Vocational School for Negroes).

[4] The additional neighboring buildings were purchased as the enrollment in the school increased (one of which was the former site of the Second Baptist Church).

[4] Former principals for Lincoln School included E. W. Benton from 1894 to 1906; G. W. Jackson from 1906 to 1915; J. G. G. Prather from 1915 to 1917; E. W. Whiteside from 1927 to 1965; and B. W. Browne in 1965.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Park Service.