All is not perfect in Montgomery County after all -- revised

(Well, besides the Inter County Connector too, and the fact that Strathmore Hall is actively marketing to DC residents, etc...)

Exterior, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Montgomery County, Maryland. AP photo.

Last week, I commended Montgomery County Maryland for acting quickly, within two weeks, when the county put up the money to buy the slave quarters of Josiah Henson, the person who in part inspired the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. Beyond DC has alerted us to a different historic preservation matter in Montgomery County, where for expedience, the Montgomery County Public School System isn't too concerned about preservation of Lincoln High School, which was the county's only high school for African-Americans during the period of 1935-1950 when the county's schools were segregated.

Laurie DeWitt⁄The Gazette. The former Lincoln High School, located at the corner of North Stonestreet and Lincoln avenues in Rockville’s Lincoln Park community, has housed Crusader Baptist Church of God for roughly a decade. It might not be the prettiest building, but that doesn't discount its historicity.

This is from a story in one of the Gazette community papers in Maryland, which I think are quite interesting, but I don't usually take the time to check them out... "Stonestreet gets desired density: No help for Lincoln High."

My original entry implied that pro-preservation forces are out of luck.

I hate to admit I quickly skimmed the article, and then bulled ahead and wrote. The story is that the school system doesn't care, but that the County Government proper continues to be supportive of the organization that leases the school (for nothing basically, $10/year) and is slowly renovating the building as its resources allow.

Thank you to blogreader Andrew for getting me to correct the error.

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