St. Joseph
Centreville Cemetery
Centreville, MI
According to an 1877 county history, St. Joseph County donated these plots of land to Centreville as a cemetery in 1833 under the...
Chief Wahbememe Burial Site
White Pigeon, MI
Potawatomi Chief Wahbememe (White Pigeon) was a signer of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, which placed Michigan Great Lakes forts in U.S....
Colon
Colon, MI
Known as the “Magic Capital of the World,” this small town has gained widespread recognition for the invention and manufacture of magic...
Constantine United Methodist Church
Constantine, MI
Methodism began in Meek’s Mill (Constantine) in 1829 when the Reverend Erastus Felton came from the Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference...
Historic District
Three Rivers, MI
The Downtown Three Rivers Commercial Historic District has one of the best-preserved Victorian streetscapes in southwestern Michigan.
Langley Covered Bridge
Centreville, MI
This is the longest of Michigan’s few remaining covered bridges.
Leverett and Amanda Clapp House
Centreville, MI
This Italianate style house was built in 1879-80 for Leverett and Amanda Hampson Clapp, who were among the Centreville’s most prominent...
Mottville Bridge
Mottville, MI
The Great Sauk Trail, which connected Detroit, Chicago, and Green Bay, Wisconsin, crossed the St. Joseph River at a shallow spot in this...
St. Joseph County Courthouse
Centreville, MI
Michigan Territorial Governor George B. Porter proclaimed Centreville the St. Joseph County seat on November 22, 1831.
Sturges-Young Auditorium
Sturgis, MI
The Sturges-Young Auditorium opened in 1955 to fanfare and celebration.
Sue Silliman House
Three Rivers, MI
This brick structure was built in the 1870s by Arthur Silliman, an early pioneer in the area, who came to Three Rivers in 1847.
Three Rivers
Three Rivers, MI
Here the Rocky and Portage Rivers join the winding St. Joseph River.
U. S. Land Office
White Pigeon, MI
Signed on August 29, 1821, the Treaty of Chicago resulted in the Potawatomi and other tribes in the southwestern Michigan Territory...