In 2009 the Lincoln High School building was sold to the Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association. By 2015 the school had been given a state historical marker and was listed with the National Register of Historic Places. In 2016 a museum dedicated to African American education, civil rights history was opened and the facility began to operate as center for arts, humanities and cultural programming. Ongoing preservation efforts, supported by a Civil Rights grant from the National Park Service and private donors, continue the Preservation Alumni Association's efforts to restore the historic structure.
