Duncannon Square, once lined with shade trees and featuring a public fountain in the town green, has been the center of activity since the very beginning. The square included the National Hotel in the northwest corner and the Laird Hotel in the southwest. After a fire in the early 1900s, the Johnston replaced the National while using much of the original foundation, and in the 1940s it was renamed the Doyle. The fountain was used for watering horses and was often elaborately decorated for holidays.