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Topic: Quebedeaux Park rebrand to Remembrance Park in Downtown HoustonSource: Houston civic guide / city park informationReading time: About 2 minutesPark Hours: 6:00am to 7:00pmKey Feature: Will honor 4 people lynched in Harris County between 1890 and 1928
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Good first step: Act Visit Quebedeaux Park downtown and learn about its history
Next time you're downtown, stop by the park. Look up 'Remembrance Park Houston' to follow updates on the new art and education displays being added.
Quebedeaux Park is a free Downtown Houston green space named for environmental champion Dr. Walter A. Quebedeaux. It is being transformed into Remembrance Park — a meaningful public space honoring the ongoing fight for social justice and human rights right in the heart of Harris County.
The redesigned Remembrance Park will include four historical markers for the four lynching victims documented in Harris County by the EJI, plus art installations, a water feature, a public education area, and permanent information about local racial and social justice history. The project is led by the Office of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis. Admission is and will remain free.
Visit the park during open hours to experience the green space as it exists today. As the transformation progresses, return to see the new art installations, read the historical markers, and use the public education areas to learn more about Harris County's past. Bring your family or neighbors — open conversations sparked by honest history are part of what Remembrance Park is designed to encourage.
Open daily 6:00 am to 7:00 pm. The transformation into Remembrance Park is planned for the coming year.
Quebedeaux Park, Downtown Houston, Harris County
This park connects to broader conversations happening across Houston about public memory, environmental justice, and community green space. Harris County's history of pollution control work and its history of racial violence are both part of the same local story — and Remembrance Park is designed to hold both with honesty and care.
This park carries two layers of history worth knowing. Dr. Quebedeaux spent 22 years as Harris County's Director of Air and Water Pollution Control, fighting to protect Houston's environment for future generations. Soon, the park will also hold four markers honoring individuals lynched in Harris County between 1890 and 1928 — part of the Equal Justice Initiative's (EJI) landmark research project, Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror. Remembering this history honestly is one way communities move forward together.
