Details for The Square House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5065005023
Data
| 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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