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Little Falls School was probably built around 1912 and served first through sixth grade students.  Located in southeastern Stafford on Route 3, it was originally a building with clapboard siding.  Later it was covered with stucco.  It had two standard brick flues.  A description of the building in 1940 said that it contained two classrooms,…

  Oak Grove School was known to have been standing in the 1940s in Widewater.  The picture shows the former “colored school” in 1961.   Brown v. Topeka had ended segregation and “separate but equal” facilities and resources, but Stafford still had a long way toward realizing anything remotely qualifying as a quality educational system…

Leeland School was standing at the juncture of Morton and Leland Roads. It was first used as a “white” school.”  By 1937 it was closed.  That same year there was a  flood on the Rappahannock River that destroyed the “Falmouth Elementary Colored School” which was located on River Road in south Stafford. Immediately, some of…

Ferry Farm Elementary School was established in the fall of 1957. The school opened its doors to 172 students from Ferry Farm, Argyle Heights, Tylerton, and Young’s Subdivision. The building consisted of seven classrooms, a library, a teacher’s lounge, a principal’s office, and a multi-purpose room to be used as both a cafeteria and an…

This is Falmouth High School in 1935.  But this structure, located by Warrenton Road northwest of Falmouth, has had a very interesting and complex history. Prior to 1931, white students in southern Stafford attended high school in Fredericksburg.  In 1931, this structure was constructed enabling these students to attend school locally.  The building had 15…

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Documents show that this school was standing in 1922. It was described as a frame schoolhouse with a wood shingle roof. It had two rooms with closets. A larger room was 27 x 52 feet while a smaller one was 6 x 48 feet. In 1942, during World War II, the land was condemned by…

By the 1870s, Stafford had its first two black schools with a total of 99 students; both had white teachers. By 1883, there were eight one-room schools for blacks, some of which had black teachers; by 1904, all of Stafford’s black schools were taught by blacks.  In 1896, Stafford schools were segregated by race under…

No area of human endeavor demonstrates more clearly just how far Stafford has advanced than our schools. This is the oldest known photograph of a Stafford school. Bloomington School was located in Widewater.  

Berea School was built in the 1930s and was larger than most, as it contained three classrooms, a closet, and three brick flues. The largest classroom was 66 x 30. The school contained grades one through five. It served as a “white” school until 1958 and was closed in preparation to make it a “colored”…

Hull’s Memorial Baptist Church had its beginning as a community Sunday School. Mr. Paul Hull and his wife, Sallie, built a brush arbor to use as a meeting place, and on November 11, 1888, a Baptist Church was organized with 14 members from Ramoth Baptist Church. When the need arose for a new building in…

Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church is a small, friendly, community-focused church located in Brooke. The church has a rich history dating back to 1845.