The Square House
The Niedringhaus brothers of St. Louis sent lumber by ox-cart from Dodge City and built this square house on their "N Bar N" Ranch here in Carson County in the mid-1880s. In 1887 a railroad official occupied the pioneer cottage while the Southern Kansas Railway was being extended from Kiowa, Kansas, to Panhandle City. This was later the home of some distinguished settlers: pioneer banker and treasurer of Southern Kansas Railway Company, James Christopher Paul; rancher-judge J. L. Harrison; innkeeper James B. Wilks; and Sheriff Oscar L. Thorp. The oldest house in town, it was purchased in 1965 and restored as the Carson County Museum. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
35.3461° N, 101.3801° W
Where to Find It
5th and Elsie Streets, SH 207, Square House Museum, Panhandle
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi NW Purvines Ranch Home Panhandle
- <0.1 mi NW Texas Panhandle Pioneers - The Simms Brothers Panhandle
- <0.1 mi NW Pioneer Dugout Panhandle
- <0.1 mi N Old County Bookmobile, First "Inside Service" Bookmobile in Texas Panhandle
- <0.1 mi NW Temple Lea Houston (August 12, 1860-August 15, 1905) Panhandle
- <0.1 mi N Finch-Lord-Nelson and the Founding of Panhandle City Panhandle