Details for The Square House

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5065005023

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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

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