The Coller-Penberthy Medical Conference was created by Dr. Edwin L. Thirlby to bring the latest expertise to the Munson Medical staff in Traverse City, Michigan. The Conference was held at the Park Place Hotel for 2-3 days each July, and was repeated…
R. Floyd Clinch, of Chicago, (the primary financier of the new Park Place Hotel) and Michigan Governor Fred W. Green at the grand opening of the hotel in 1930. It cost $750,000 and replaced the original wooden hotel.
Park Place Hotel parking lot construction along Washington Street with the Presbyterian Church (aka Salvation Army HQ) and the Congregational Church (aka Baptist church) in the background (page 25)