Old Cheboygan County Courthouse

	Cheboygan County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Michigan State Historic Site
	Interactive map showing the location of Old Cheboygan County Courthouse
Location	229 Court St., Cheboygan, Michigan
Coordinates	45°38′22″N 84°28′56″W / 45.63944°N 84.48222°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869
Built by	James F. Watson
NRHP reference No.	86001010
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 8, 1986
Designated MSHS	September 15, 1975

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

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cheboygan County Courthouse". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
^ ^a ^b John Fedynsky (2010), Michigan's County Courthouses, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 9780472117284
^ "Cheboygan". Bodman PLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[state-2] "Cheboygan County Courthouse". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Retrieved March 13, 2013.

[cc-3] John Fedynsky (2010), Michigan's County Courthouses, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 9780472117284

[bod-4] "Cheboygan". Bodman PLC. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

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