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Emancipation Park
54 locals recommend,
Tips from locals
Thanh
June 9, 2020
Offers great fitness activities
Sierra
April 9, 2022
Emancipation Park and Emancipation Community Center are located at 3018 Emancipation Ave in the Third Ward area of Houston. It is the oldest park in Houston, and the oldest in Texas. In portions of the Jim Crow period it was the sole public park in the area available to African-Americans
Tiffany
April 7, 2022
Newly renovated park with tennis and basketball courts!
Candice
September 25, 2020
Great history, newly renovated park. Rental bikes to tour the city, and scenic views and monuments.
Senait
December 14, 2021
The 10-acre Emancipation Park was purchased by four former slaves in 1872 and served as a location to celebrate Juneteenth, the date in 1865 that marked the emancipation of African Americans in Texas. The new Emancipation Park is designed as an inter-woven tapestry of buildings and landscape celebrating the park's rich history and embracing the present and future of its community. Guests can enjoy refurbished landscapes, playgrounds, renovation of the two historic buildings and the addition of a new building and plaza. The old recreation center is now a beautiful Community Center and the Poole House was recently renovated and expanded as well.
The 10-acre Emancipation Park was purchased by four former slaves in 1872 and served as a location to celebrate Juneteenth, the date in 1865 that marked the emancipation of African Americans in Texas. The new Emancipation Park is designed as an inter-woven tapestry of buildings and landscape celeb…
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3018 Emancipation Ave
Houston, TX
South Side