ONE MAIN PLACE

On this site was located the McPherson Town Company Building built in 1873 at the cost of 1,250.00. It was the headquarters of all government and civic activity for the little village as a court house, city government, school house ,church meeting place,as well as newspaper office. The building along with all of the buildings in the block, was destroyed by fire March 1,1883.

A large hotel was then built named the Union Hotel, later known as the McCourt. Here in 1887 the city hosted the Kansas State House of Representatives in an effort to relocate the State Capitol to McPherson. The hotel was demolished in 1984 to accommodate the building expansion of the McPherson Bank and Trust, the towns first bank which was organized in 1878. The McPherson Bank and Trust created this beautiful plaza for the people of McPherson as a outdoor civic center for this communities many activities. Today the city of McPherson accepts this plaza as a gift from the Bank of America, and rededicates it's use to all the citizens of the Mcpherson community.

                                               McPherson

                                       Veron L Dossett Mayor

Robert L Harder Commissioner                                                  Tony Fiedler  Commissioner