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]

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Cheboygan County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site
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Location	229 Court St., Cheboygan, Michigan
Coordinates	45°38′22″N 84°28′56″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869 (1869)
Built by	James F. Watson
NRHP reference No.	86001010[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 8, 1986
Designated MSHS	September 15, 1975[2]

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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]

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.