MuseumFort Bend Heritage Unlimited Museum
Kendleton · Fort Bend County · Dedicated 2005 · THC Atlas #4200000770
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
Fort Bend Heritage Unlimited Museum is a museum in Kendleton, Fort Bend County, dedicated in 2005. It is one of 8 museums documented in Fort Bend County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 236 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4363, -95.9995 near Kendleton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kendleton (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Newman Chapel, Oak Hill, and Terry v. Adams.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000770. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The FBC Heritage Unlimited Museum in Bates Allen Park, Kendleton, highlights African American history and accomplishments in Fort Bend County. It sits near the original site of Kendleton, a freedmen's town founded in the 1860s by formerly enslaved people who bought land from planter William Kendall. The museum's permanent exhibits depict the lives of African American settlers from 1865 to 1965, with rotating displays and a genealogy corner where volunteers help visitors research family history.
Sources: fbcheritage.orgtexashighways.com
