Freedmen’s Town Museums Houston
a part of Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, Inc.
Archaeology, Education and Preservation

Jacob Nixon House Museum - 1514 Wilson Street

Preservation in Progress

This shotgun house sits on the former homestead of Antonio Tomasino, Jr., an Italian grocer. Around 1910, Tomasino hired a prominent African-American contractor and carpenter to build this iconic one–story, wood frame structure for use as a rental property. It was sold to the museum in 2005 and has several designations: as a contributing historic structure in the 1985 Freedmen’s Town National Register District; City of Houston Protected Landmark; and UNESCO 2019 “Site of Memory” International Slave Route Project. This shotgun house is the only remaining commercial structure of its type in Freedmen’s Town. It will function as a barbershop and beauty shop house

Freedmen’s Town Museums Houston

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