Centreville is the county seat for St. Joseph County
Sturgis is in St. Joseph County
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The building at 100-102 W. Chicago
is the third in this location;
the previous two were claimed by fire,
in 1859 and 1898 or 1899.
The earliest occupant, in 1831,
was the first frame hotel on the
Sturgis prairie. It was rebuilt as
Prairie . . . — — Map (db m220926) HM
100 E. Chicago is the Sturgis branch
of FirstMerit Bank, formerly Citizens.
It is the longest-existing bank in
Sturgis, founded March 7, 1892,
at 106 W. Chicago.
In 1924, the bank opened its
first building at this location,
a 40-by-10-foot . . . — — Map (db m220929) HM
101 W. Chicago Rd.,
the oldest of downtown's buildings,
included a grocery store, men's and
boy's clothing store, Singer sewing
center, floral shop, and custom framer.
Sturgis Downtown Development
Authority purchased the building as . . . — — Map (db m220923) HM
103 W. Chicago has been
the site of a meat market
since the late 1800's.
It became the address of
the Central Meat Market
in 1926 which remained
at that location until 1963.
The owners then moved it
to its current address,
404 E. Chicago . . . — — Map (db m220920) HM
Only two buildings have occupied
107 W. West Street, and both were
schools. The first, a three-story
Union School, was built in 1861.
It was torn down in 1916 and the
present two-story building was built.
In its first 93 years, this . . . — — Map (db m220328) HM
In 1858 the Harmonial Society of Sturgis built on this site a free church dedicated to religious liberty the first of its kind in the world
to perpetuate the memory of its founders this ground is granted to the City of Sturgis to be forever . . . — — Map (db m220927) HM
US-12 developed from
the Sauk Trail, a much
earlier series of Native
American trails, and
eventually became the
primary route linking
Detroit and Chicago.
Early photographs of
US-12 through Sturgis
taken in the late 19th
Century show a . . . — — Map (db m220918) HM
The Sturges-Young Auditorium opened in 1955 to fanfare and celebration. The 986-seat multipurpose facility was much larger than would be expected for a small community like Sturgis. Spurred by private donations, the city began construction on the . . . — — Map (db m64548) HM
Place of
First Settlement
Sturgis Prairie
By Judge John Sturgis
And Family
August 1827
Donated by their Descendants
Erected by the Womans Club
1915 — — Map (db m75057) HM
In the middle of the 20th
Century the bricks that
once paved US-12 gave way
to asphalt and concrete
(above). As buildings rose
and fell in the downtown
area, one thing remained
the same US-12 formed
the heart of Sturgis as
shown by the . . . — — Map (db m220329) HM
