Old Cheboygan County Courthouse

Cheboygan County Courthouse
Location 229 Court St., Cheboygan, Michigan
Coordinates 45°38′22″N 84°28′56″W / 45.63944°N 84.48222°W / 45.63944; -84.48222Coordinates: 45°38′22″N 84°28′56″W / 45.63944°N 84.48222°W / 45.63944; -84.48222
Area less than one acre
Built 1869 (1869)
Built by James F. Watson
NRHP Reference # 86001010[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 8, 1986
Designated MSHS September 15, 1975[2]

The Old Cheboygan County Courthouse is a government building located at 229 Court Street in Cheboygan, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

History

Cheboygan County was organized in 1853, and the county seat was located in Duncan.[2] In 1860, the county board of supervisors moved the county seat to this location. The building was constructed in 1869 by James F. Watson for $3000. The building served as a courthouse until 1899, when the county built a new courthouse.

After the court moved, the old courthouse was used for multiple purposes through the years, including a fire station, a church, a community center,[2] a boxing gym, a veteran's center, and simply for storage.[3] In 1983, the building was extensively renovated and turned into law offices. It currently serves as the Cheboygan office of the law firm Bodman PLC.[4]

Description

The Old Cheboygan County Courthouse is a two-story wooden structure measuring 28 by 65 feet (8.5 by 19.8 m).[3] When built, it contained a courtroom on the second floor and county offices on the first.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Cheboygan County Courthouse". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 John Fedynsky (2010), Michigan's County Courthouses, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 9780472117284
  4. ↑ "Cheboygan". Bodman PLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
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