Historic Downtown McKinney

Filmed as Oswego, Illinois

📍 Courthouse square, 111 North Tennessee Street, McKinney, TX, McKinney, United States

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Scene breakdown

Oswego, Illinois

S02E01

The fugitives slip into a small town while the FBI closes in.

Michael Scofield Lincoln Burrows Alexander Mahone

Real-world history

The 1876 Collin County Courthouse anchors the square. It stopped serving as a courthouse in 1979 and reopened in 2006 as the McKinney Performing Arts Center. The streets around it doubled as small-town Oswego, Illinois.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Public streets and square. Shops and restaurants keep their own hours.

Parking & accessibility: Street parking and public lots around the square.

Best time to visit: Weekday mornings for clear storefront shots; evenings are livelier.

What else to see here

Pecan Grove Memorial Park

The cemetery from the same episode.

Cemetery

5 min drive