Bluegrass

Plans unveiled for historic Farmersville school 

by | Jul 3, 2024 | Latest, News

The Welford School was known as Farmersville Colored School when it opened in 1904. The two-room schoolhouse accommodated first grade through eighth grade classes. A third classroom was added in the 1950s. Fundraisers are planned to help raise money for the restoration.

Welford School opened its doors more than a century ago on U.S. Highway 380 to give Farmersville students a path to future success.

It’s now abandoned, but on Saturday, June 22, residents gathered to announce plans to revive the building and pay tribute to the teachers and students who gave it life. 

The simple wooden structure was built in the early 1900s for Black students to attend. For years, children from kindergarten through eighth grade were educated at the school, then bused to McKinney to continue their education in high school. 

To read the full story and support your local community newspaper, subscribe to The Princeton Herald today!

Collin College Summer/Fall 2026 Registration 2

0 Comments

Subscribe Love

Related News

Ground broken for retail complex

Ground broken for retail complex

After years of hope and delays, there has been a ceremonial start to construction at Princeton Town Center, a 66-acre retail complex on the northwest corner of Beauchamp Boulevard and U.S. Highway 380.   “All their infrastructure has been approved,” Shai Roos,...

read more
City may raise fees for development, fire services

City may raise fees for development, fire services

City officials have proposed a broad increase in development, permitting and fire-prevention fees, arguing that rapid growth and more complicated projects are leaving existing taxpayers to subsidize services primarily used by private developers. The proposed fee...

read more
New apartment community now leasing

New apartment community now leasing

A large new residential complex is now open on Beauchamp Boulevard in Princeton. Bob Wieland/The Princeton Herald The Princeton-Lowry Crossing Chamber of Commerce has welcomed The Whitley, a 330-unit multifamily community located south of Caldwell Park.  A ribbon...

read more
Sales tax proposed for public safety funding

Sales tax proposed for public safety funding

Princeton voters may be asked in November to allocate part of the city’s sales tax revenue to pay for police, fire and emergency services.  Police Chief James Waters says substantial long-term investments in police, fire and emergency medical services will be...

read more
Town Hall will examine city’s comprehensive plan

Town Hall will examine city’s comprehensive plan

After years of reacting to growth, Princeton is preparing to adopt its first comprehensive playbook for deciding what gets built, where it gets built and — perhaps most importantly — when it gets built.  City officials hope the proposed comprehensive plan will...

read more
Work to begin at Princeton Town Center

Work to begin at Princeton Town Center

Groundbreaking is expected next week on the first store in Princeton Town Center, a 66-acre retail complex on the northwest corner of Beauchamp Boulevard and U.S. Highway 380. “All their infrastructure has been approved,” Shai Roos, director of development services,...

read more
Photos online