7917 Thomas Place (1633 Laclede Station Rd)

As educational needs outgrew the capacity of the original Lincoln School, a $152,000 bond issued in 1932 enabled the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District to purchase land at 7917 Thomas Place. A modern facility, New Lincoln School, was built with four classrooms and a utility room. It officially opened in 1933 to serve grades 5 through 8, while grades 1 through 4 remained at the original Lincoln School. Enrollment across both buildings totaled 203 students at the time.

Over the years, New Lincoln continued to expand. In 1953, a $1.8 million bond funded an addition to New Lincoln, as well as improvements to other schools in the district. During this time, Missouri law still required MRH to fund transportation and tuition for Black students to attend segregated schools such as Douglass High School in North Webster Groves or urban institutions like Hadley Technical School.

The 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education declared racially segregated schools unconstitutional. While this landmark decision spurred integration efforts, changes occurred gradually in MRH. The high school integrated in 1955, followed by Lyndover Junior High in 1956. That same year, Old Lincoln closed, and all elementary students were moved to New Lincoln. In the early 1960s, as desegregation efforts continued, African-American kindergarten and first-grade students were transferred to West Richmond School in 1962; students in grades 2 through 6 followed in 1964.

After integration was fully implemented, New Lincoln School was leased to the Special School District until 1988, when it was officially vacated. In 1998, the site was transformed into Richmond Terrace, an assisted living facility operated by Lutheran Senior Services.

In 2019, the City of Richmond Heights, Richmond Heights Historical Society, Lutheran Senior Services (now known as EverTrue), Lutheran Foundation, and Richmond Terrace Assisted Living invited the public to attend the New Lincoln School Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony on Sunday, November 24, 2019. The ceremony was held at Richmond Terrace Assisted Living, 1633 Laclede Station Road. Part of the school was still being used.

The marker was completed in November 2019 to honor not only the schools of the Hadley Township neighborhood, but also the churches and the community as a whole, and to educate current and future residents about the historical significance of the area.