This paper aims to clarify an intention of the civic center plan in Yamagata city by Michitsune Mishima in early Meiji. As a result, followings became clear. M. Mishima was particular about a location of new prefectural office in Yamagata. When it was constructed, he planned the civic center in front of it already. Form, height and wall surface line of buildings in the civic center had no planning standard. It was a significance that to concentrate Western-style buildings for him.
