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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPullum Article Through generous support from a number of donors, the National Register Home of Reverend Ned P. Pullum was recently purchased by the Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, Inc. Plans are now underway for restoration, so that the house can be used as an historical museum, and archaeology is being conducted at the site in preparation for the restoration process. The home is located at 1319 Andrews in the National Historic District of Freedmen’s Town, and through the efforts of the Yates Museum, it has recently received a National Historic Places plaque from the Texas Historical Commission, and THC has also recently approved an application for a historical marker for the home. Pullum paid $1000.00 for the site of his six-room home, sometime in the late 1890’s. The home was built between 1898 and the early 1900’s, and its architecture suggests a Colonial Revival style with an older Victorian flair. The home has an L-shaped design and features a wrap-around front porch, metal finials on the roof, gingerbread mill work, Doric porch columns and bay windows. A previous owner of the home during 1930's and 1940's remembered that the doors inside the house had transoms with Tiffany style leaded glass windows, a sliding door between the living area and dining room, and a fireplace. According to the 1900 Harris County census, Ned P. Pullum was born in Pickensville, Alabama in 1862. He came to Texas in 1895 and was pastor at Antioch Baptist Church in Beaumont, and later pastored Bethel Baptist Church and Friendship Baptist Church in Freedmen’s Town. He opened his own businesses: People’s Pride Shoe Repair and Pullum Brick Yards. He also acquired several real estate properties in Freedmen’s Town that were very profitable. He died in 1927 from acute indigestion leaving behind his wife, Emma, son, Edward and daughter, Mary. Contributions of leaders, businessmen and area professionals such as Rev. Ned P. Pullum added to the cultural fabric of Freedmen’s Town, Houston, the only remaining former slave and freedmen's community in the United States. The R.B.H. Yates Museum is dedicated to preservation of, and education about, the cultural history, brick streets, archaeology, and architecture of the early residents of Freedmen’s Town. © Copyright. Debra Blacklock-Sloan, with research supported by the Rutherford B.H. Museum, Inc. Contact the RBH Yates Museum at: info@yatesmuseum.org or to visit the website: http://www.yatesmuseum.org