On the 29th of January, 1869, H.P. Anderson and Lucius Pierce, SchoolTrustees of Monticello, presented a petition to the Monticello Town Board, asking that a specified amount of corporate bonds should be issued to defray the expense of constructing a brick school building on West Broadway. The conveyance of the property was granted by James C. Reynolds and Miranda Reynolds, recorded July 6, 1869, at 9 am. , and attested to by William W. McColloch, Recorder of White County. The deed specifies that if the building and land should cease to be used for school purposes, the property will revert to the grantors or their heirs. The bonds were issued, sold, and with the proceeds on ef the "finest brick school structures in the northwestern part of Indiana was erected."

In September 1870, the first regular school-session began in the new building, which had been named to commemorate the recently assassinated President, Abraham Lincoln. In 1905, the Lincoln school burned. The fire damaged the interior badly, but it was remodeled to serve again as classrooms for the school children of the community. At the turn of the century, the building aptly fits a poet's description of "...schoolhouse by the road." The Lincoln School celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1970 while serving as Lincoln Jr. High School housing the community's 7th, 8th and 9th graders. (cont.)