📷 Throwback Thursday: 501 N. Main

Stamey Hotel - Lutheran Church - 501 N. Main - 1907. Courtesy of the Conard-Harmon Collection.

Hutch Post, in partnership with Steve Harmon and the Conard-Harmon Collection, is proud to present Throwback Thursday. Enjoy a weekly release from Steve Harmon as he presents the "Hutch - Then & Now Collection."

STEVE HARMON
Hutch Post Contributor

Today's "Throwback Thursday Collection" takes us to the northwest corner of West 5th and North Main.

The Zion Evangelical English Lutheran Church in Hutchinson was formed in 1888. They first built a church alongside Cow Creek on the southeast corner of 1st and Jefferson in 1890 for $3,253.

Because of flooding issues, they moved it to 501 N. Main in 1895, at the cost of $2,600. The first photo shows that church in 1907.

The second photo shows that same church in 1917 in the background of a World War I parade with our troops going off to war.

Stamey Hotel - American Troops Parade - World War I - 1917 (Carnegie Library & Zion English Lutheran Church - 501 N. Main). Courtesy of the Conard-Harmon Collection.

In 1921, the church built a new brick building in another location and the wooden church was razed.

In 1922, the Stamey Construction Company built the Hotel Stamey on this open lot. The third photo shows the footings being poured for the hotel, looking in a southeast direction.

Stamey Hotel - N.W. Cor. 5th & Main Looking S.E. - Pouring Footings - 1923. Courtesy of the Conard-Harmon Collection.

The fourth photo shows the hotel construction nearing its completion in 1923.

Stamey Hotel - 501 N. Main (Under Const.) - 1923. Courtesy of the Conard-Harmon Collection.

The fifth photo shows it on opening day, Aug. 22, 1923, with its massive signage on the roof working.

Stamey Hotel - 501 N. Main - Aug. 22, 1923 (At Opening). Courtesy of the Conard-Harmon Collection.

The Hotel Stamey was a viable hotel until 1958, when it was sold and rebranded as the Landmark Hotel.

By 1960, it had been converted to apartments.

Terry Messing purchased it in 1977 and it went downhill from there. The building was abandoned in 2014 and sat as a dangerous eyesore until 2024 when Michael and Laura Meyer Dick purchased the building to renovate it.

Plans are to rehab the building into 36 modern apartments and open in the summer of 2026. The sixth photo shows the building at 501 N. Main today being renovated by MBC Const. The property is owned by Meyer Landmark L.L.C.

Stamey Hotel - 501 N. Main - Jan. 27, 2026 (Being Renovated by MBC Const.). Courtesy of the Conard-Harmon Collection.

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Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce
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