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Welford School project pushes ahead; Committee seeks support, rendering for historic Black school restoration

by | Apr 24, 2025 | Latest

Goals for the historic Welford School, Farmersville’s last segregated Black school, include fundraising, setting a timeline and launching a public awareness campaign. Eventually, it will house a museum and meeting space for community organizations.

Karen Haynes has not shied away from leading the effort to bring new life to a historic piece of Farmersville’s past.

Plans to rehabilitate the building that once housed Farmersville’s last segregated Black school now hinge on whether a committee led by Haynes can produce a conceptual rendering of the building’s interior. Once that’s done—and she is confident it will be—the group can begin setting goals to restore the historic structure.

Those goals include fundraising, setting a timeline and launching a public awareness campaign to highlight the significance of preserving the old Welford School.

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