Houston's Freedmen's Town is the historic Black community in the Fourth Ward established by formerly enslaved people after emancipation.
After emancipation, formerly enslaved people settled in what became Freedmen's Town in Houston's Fourth Ward, west of downtown near Buffalo Bayou. The community developed homes, churches, schools, and businesses and became a major center of Black civic, cultural, and commercial life in Houston. The surviving historic district is a portion of the original settlement; the Freedmen's Town Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Freedmen's Town is an important part of Houston's African American history and a continuing focus of local historic preservation.
Located in Houston's Fourth Ward, west of downtown near Buffalo Bayou
The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985
The present district represents only part of the original settlement
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