Freedmen’s Town Museums Houston
a part of Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, Inc.
Archaeology, Education and Preservation
Rev. Ned Pullum House Museum - 1319 Andrews Street
Preservation in Progress
Rev. Ned (Edward) P. Pullum and Emma Eddings Pullum Home – 1319 Andrews Street
This former home of Rev. Ned E. Pullum and his wife Emma E., (built circa 1890s) is among the grandest surviving historic residences in Freedmen’s Town. Its classic architecture reflects elegance, grace and an attainment of status for a Southern Baptist minister and a social justice activist of his stature. This home is a “Site of Memory Associated with the UNESCO Slave Route” , and is one of the State of Texas Most Endangered.
It needs $650,000 to restore it as a Health & Business Museum.
UNESCO Sites of Memory Slave
Two of R.B.H.Y. Museum’s historic homes, the Workman’s Cottage (aka Barbershop) at 1404 Victor St. and the Rev. Ned Pullum and Emma Edding-Pullum landmark home at 1319 Andrews St., have been designated as Sites of Memory associated with UNESCO’s Slave Route project. Launched in 1994, the international and inter-regional project The Slave Route: Resistance, Liberty, Heritage addresses the history of the slave trade and slavery through the prism of intercultural dialogue, a culture of peace and reconciliation. It endeavors to improve the understanding and transmission of this human tragedy by making better known its deep-seated causes, its consequences for societies today, and the cultural interactions born of this history.
Freedmen’s Town Museums Houston
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