This three-room house was built in 1904 at 607 Bell Avenue in the African American community of Quakertown in Denton, Texas. The house was built by H. F. Davidson for Arthur and Docia Brewer. Later it was owned by M. B. Whitlock, a white general contractor. He most likely rented the house to other families. C. Ross Hembry, an African American resident of Quakertown, purchased the property and the house in May 1919 from Mr. Whitlock and his wife. Mr. Hembry also used it as rental property. In 1920, Will Phillips, a white city employee, and his family were listed as living in the house. When the city of Denton began buying property in Quakertown in 1922 to clear the land for Civic Center Park, Mr. Hembry sold his property for $2,700 to the city. He moved several houses to Solomon Hill including this one. This house was moved to 1113 E. Hickory Street. Mr. Hembry continued to use the house as a rent house living in it at least once in the early 1950s. The ownership of the house passed to Julian Hembry in September 1955, two years before Ross Hembry’s death. Mattie Campbell purchased the house in 1973 and it remained in her possession until the Historical Park Foundation, Inc. purchased it. The house was moved to the Historical Park of Denton County on May 11, 2004. After extensive restoration, the house was dedicated and as the Denton County African American Museum on February 16, 2008.
