Carson County Square House Museum

Plains Trail Region
500 Elsie Street Panhandle, TX 79068 (806) 537-3524
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Built in the 1880s, the historic Square House, built in 1887 by the N Bar N Ranch, using lumber hauled by oxcart from Kansa, is just a part of the twenty-one buildings, galleries, outdoor diorama, and outdoor artifacts that make up the Square House Museum complex in Panhandle. Exhibits and a full-sized diorama tell the story of the Texas Panhandle and its people, from mammoth hunters over 12,000 years ago to the oil boom of the 1920s. The museum also houses a wildlife gallery and two art galleries.

Other structures at the complex include the 1912 Conway Community Church, a 1928 Santa Fe caboose, and reconstructions of a windmill and a half-dugout. Concise case exhibits showcase the region’s cultural history, natural history, and art. Step back in time inside the commerce building, where a recreated depot, store, bank, dental office, print shop, and blacksmith shop rekindle life of a century ago. Habitat dioramas display a wide range of local wildlife. Farm and ranch exhibits include a chuckwagon, a buggy, and a tack room inside a replica bunkhouse. Other buildings offer quilts, historic photos, and galleries of local and traveling artworks.

Carson County Square House Museum

500 Elsie Street Panhandle, TX 79068