Decatur Township Hall

Decatur Township Hall is a Michigan historical marker in Decatur, Van Buren County, dedicated 1981.

103 East Delaware, Decatur

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Constructed at the turn of the century, this building replaced the original 1870 township hall. A Georgian Revival brick and stone structure, it was dedicated on September 19, 1901. Besides township activities, the hall has been the setting for traveling medicine shows, school plays, and a greeting card factory. It is now used for township meetings and local elections. Since 1970 it has also housed the Decatur Community Museum.

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Historical maps covering this location

1854 · A map of the surveyed part of Michigan / by John Farmer ; engraved by S. Stiles & Co. (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1873 · (Map of Van Buren County, Michigan) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · J.T. Barker's Railroad and Township Map of Indiana. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

(Map of Van Buren County, Michigan), 1873, covering the location of Decatur Township Hall, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — (Map of Van Buren County, Michigan), 1873, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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