The Old Cheboygan County Courthouse is a government building located at 229 Court Street in

Cheboygan, Michigan Cheboygan ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,876. It is the county seat of Cheboygan County. The name of the city shares the name of the county and probably has its origin from the ...

. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

History

Cheboygan County Cheboygan County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census, the population was 25,579. The county seat is Cheboygan, Michigan, Cheboygan. The county boundaries were s ...

was organized in 1853, and the county seat was located in Duncan. 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, a boxing gym, a veteran's center, and simply for storage. 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.

Description

The Old Cheboygan County Courthouse is a two-story wooden structure measuring . When built, it contained a courtroom on the second floor and county offices on the first.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Government buildings completed in 1869 Buildings and structures in Cheboygan County, Michigan Michigan State Historic Sites County courthouses in Michigan 1869 establishments in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Cheboygan County, Michigan