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 ...

The Courthouse Square

The first Courthouse, at the south end of this square, was log.

The second, built in 1814-17, was brick and burned 1852.

The third was remodeled in 1912 to the present structure.

The first jail stood on this square as did the first ...

Mathews County Courthouse Square

Mathews County was formed in 1790 from Gloucester County and named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, a soldier of the Revolution who was then Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. A local builder, Richard Billups, constructed the courthouse between ...