THF Grant Presentation: Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum (Houston)
The Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum received the Directors' Award at the 2024 Duda Preservation Awards in Dallas. The Yates Museum was recognized for their outstanding interdisciplinary work preserving the Freedmen's Town Historic District in Houston's Fourth Ward, among the largest extant Freedmen's Towns in the country. They applied their winnings to the restoration of the Isabella Simms Cottage, which will take its place among the group's network of museums interpreting the history of the District.
