Marceline Lincoln School: Local Black Education History Through Period of Significance, Part 3
Pre-Period of Significance Prior to the period of significance (1933-1954), there was a considerable amount of attention given to the Lincoln School, sometimes referred to as the “Colored School.” Melia K. Franklin, a PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska, wrote her dissertation on race in Marceline. In her dissertation Franklin speaks directly to the […]
Marceline Masonic Lodge: Architecture, Part 3
Many architects who designed Masonic lodges during the early twentieth century in Missouri conceived of these buildings as Classical temples, not as styles like Beaux-Arts and Art Deco that seemed to not mesh with the Masonic Ideals. This focus on Classical architecture resulted in GrecoRoman styled Masonic Temples across the country. In 1923, when construction […]
Marceline First Christian Church: It’s Architecture and Role During Segregation, Part 3
The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and Classical Revival Whiffen notes the principal characteristics that appear in Classical Revival buildings “show none of the tendency to multiply angles and projections; broad expanse[s] of plain wall surface are common; roof lines, when not level, are quiet, and unbroken by sculptural incidents.” Moreover, Whiffen states that […]