Historic Districts -
Genesee County Courthouse
 Genesee
County was organized on March 8, 1836. The previous year the
territorial legislature had stipulated that the county seat would be
located on the west side of the Saginaw Turnpike "on lands recently
deeded by John Todd and wife" to Wait Beach. Beach would in turn
donate two acres of land to the county for "a courthouse and public
square, one acre of ground for a burial ground, two churches and two
school lots of common size." The first courthouse and jail was
constructed on this site in 1839. In 1866 an inmate in the jail
burned the structure. The second courthouse, completed in 1867, was
replaced by a more spacious building in 1904. That courthouse also
burned. On August 31, 1926, the present Neo-Classical-style
structure, designed by Fredrick D. Madison, was dedicated.
Registered Site L1678
Erected 1989
Location: 920 South Saginaw St.
Flint, Genesee County |
