| Marker Number |
5023 |
| Atlas Number |
5065005023 |
| Marker Title |
The Square House |
| Index Entry |
Square House, The |
| Address |
501 Elsie |
| City |
Panhandle |
| County |
Carson |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
283592 |
| UTM Northing |
3914411 |
| Subject Codes |
ranches/ranching; railroads; houses, residential buildings; museums |
| Marker Year |
1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
5th and Elsie Streets, SH 207, Square House Museum, Panhandle |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text |
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 |
