The City of McPherson’s historic downtown Community Building is scheduled to reopen soon.
The public is invited to an open house and ribbon cutting from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 17. Tours and refreshments will be provided. Located at 122 E. Marlin, the facility was listed last year on the National Register of Historic Places.
Built in 1928, the Community Building has been an important gathering place for community events. Historically, the auditorium served as a venue for theater performances, talent shows and movies. The gymnasium was home court to the McPherson Globe Refiners basketball team, which formed the core group for the first Olympic gold medal championship in 1936. Community dinners, carnivals, fairs, and fundraisers occurred along the way.
In 2008, voters chose to support the building’s renovation with a half-cent sales tax.
(Read more: Great Bend Post)