National Register of Historic Places - Michigan (MI), Berrien County

Berrien County Michigan (Historic Districts) has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Mary's City of David and Ninth District Lighthouse Depot, Buchanan Downtown Historic District, Clark Equipment Company Administrative Complex and Eden Springs Park.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Berrien County places including Army Corps of Engineers, Ludlow, Major William, US Army, Kristov Chrishart, H.W. Rugg, Louis A. Simon and Myrle E. Smith. Prominent architectural styles found in Berrien Country are Greek Revival, Italianate and Classical Revival.

Buchanan Downtown Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000678)

Front St., between 117 W. and 256 E.; parts of Main St., between 108 and 210-212; Oak St. between 114 N. , Buchanan

JDNorry, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Simon, Louis A., et al.

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local, Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Library, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Water Works

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Single Dwelling

Buchanan North and West Neighborhoods Historic District (added 2011 - - #11000863)

Roughly bounded by Main, 4th, Chippewa, W. Front, S. Detroit, Chicago, Clark, Roe & Charles Sts., Buchanan

Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Clark Equipment Company Administrative Complex (added 2023 - - #100008725)

301-324 East Dewey St. and 204-302 North Red Bud Trail, Buchanan

a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clark_Equipment_Co.jpg"Andrew Jameson/a, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Eden Springs Park (added 2023 - - #100009649)

789 M-139, Benton Harbor

a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_of_David_Eden_Springs.jpg"TTTommy111/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0"CC BY 2.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Edwards, Rock S., Farmstead (added 1995 - - #95000868)

3503 Edwards Rd., Sodus Township , Sodus

Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Ferry Street Historic District (added 2025 - - #100011316)

527-801 north side of Ferry Street; 514-814 south side of Ferry Street; 701-815 north side of Sycamore; 323 North 5th Street; 308-410 North Sixth Street; 307-402 North Seventh Street; 307-41, Niles

a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferry_Street_Elementary_School.jpg"Wingerham52/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"CC BY-SA 4.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons

Area of Significance:

Ethnic Heritage-Black, Social History

Mary's City of David (added 2009 - - #09000201)

1158 E. Britain Ave. , Benton Harbor

a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary27s_City_of_David.jpg"Wingerham52/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"CC BY-SA 4.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, Business, Cemetery, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Resort, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Cemetery, Garden, Museum, Processing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Niles Downtown Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000568)

Sycamore, Main and Cedar bet. Front and 5th , Niles

BotMultichill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith, Myrle E., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Meeting Hall, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Hotel, Meeting Hall, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Ninth District Lighthouse Depot (added 1993 - - #93001348)

Also known as Army National Guard Armory

128 N. Pier , St. Joseph

Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Army Corps of Engineers, Ludlow, Major William, US Army

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Maritime History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Oak Ridge Cemetery (added 2024 - - #100010296)

818 Terre Coupe Road, Buchanan

a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oak_Ridge_Cemetery_Civil_War_Monument.jpg"Andrew Jameson/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0"CC BY 2.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Art, Landscape Architecture, Social History

South Berrien Center Union Church and Cemetery (added 2002 - - #02001506)

10408 M-140 , Berrien

Kennethaw88, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rugg, H.W.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure