MuseumEmory Heritage Park
Emory · Rains County · THC Atlas #4200001274
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
Emory Heritage Park is a museum in Emory, Rains County. It is one of 57 historic sites cataloged in Rains County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 32.8798, -95.7765 near Emory. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fitzgerald Family (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hopewell, Fitzgerald, Ambrose, and Emory City.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200001274. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Emory Heritage Park is an outdoor collection of relocated historic buildings maintained by the Rains County Historical Society adjacent to the county library in Emory. Structures preserved on the grounds include the 1912 Luckett House, the 1930 Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, a 1920s gas station moved from the community of Point, and a cotton gin scales building. The park also features a bandstand, a steel jail cell, and a re-created 1887 office of the Rains County Leader newspaper complete with a printing press.
Sources: breadandbutterdays.wordpress.comsfasu.edutshaonline.org
