The community of Big Four, a few miles north of Crosbyton, began to take shape when the W.H. Hames and M.A. Reynolds families moved there in 1902 and 1909, and four houses were built on land owned by the Morrison brothers around a single windmill that supplied water to all four. As more settlers arrived, the Parker and Fowler families joined in calling for a schoolhouse, and in 1909 Hames and S.K. Freeman built a one-room schoolhouse. In 1916, as the Big Four community grew, a new two-room schoolhouse was built, and in 1936 an auditorium was added on the school grounds for use as a community center. Big Four School was one of five rural schools still remaining in Crosby County in 1953, but rural schools faced critical problems, including limited financial resources, poor facilities, difficulty maintaining student enrollment, and an inability to secure qualified teachers. When Big Four School could no longer compete with larger schools, it closed. In the mid-1950s, the two-room school building was moved for use as a school for the Crosbyton Independent School District’s African American students, and it later burned to the ground. The school district gave the auditorium building to local residents under a deed stipulation that it be used as the Big Four community center. The wooden building was last used around 1980 for Big Four club meetings, then was turned back to the school district in 1981. Because of the auditorium building’s poor condition and a lack of funds for restoration, the property and building were sold in 2011, and the auditorium was demolished and replaced by a new home.