Museum

Collingsworth Co. Historical Museum

Wellington · Collingsworth County · Dedicated 1972 · THC Atlas #4200000453

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Collingsworth Co. Historical Museum is a museum in Wellington, Collingsworth County, dedicated in 1972. It is one of 24 historic sites cataloged in Collingsworth County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.

The site sits at 34.8554, -100.2128 near Wellington. The nearest cataloged historic site is Collingsworth County Courthouse (courthouse), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include O'Neil Building, First Methodist Church of Wellington, and Collingsworth County Hospital.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000453. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Chartered in 1971, the Collingsworth County Museum occupies three historic buildings on the square in Wellington, across from the courthouse. The Pruden Building houses the Ellis Art Center, while the Sullivan Buildings hold the main collection documenting the county's settlement around 1880. Exhibits trace the county from its Native American past through the era of large ranches and the homesteaders who arrived once barbed wire and windmills made family farms possible.

Sources: texashistory.unt.edu texastimetravel.com wellingtontx.com

📍 34.8554, -100.2128 · Wellington, Collingsworth County

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