Detroit Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse
231 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226
Old City Hall: This was the first home of the United States District Court for the District of Michigan. Court was held here in Old City Hall located in the middle of Cadillac Square in Detroit from 1837 through 1838 when the Court began a series of moves to temporary facilities.
Custom House Building: In 1861 a new building was finally completed to house Customs, the U.S. courts, the post office and steamboat inspectors. By 1880 the building was too small for all its agencies and a new building was authorized.
1897 Post Office Building: The building took fifteen years to complete and housed the post office, federal agencies and two beautiful courtrooms. It, too, was deemed to be too small to hold the growing number of agencies and employees and even though an addition was constructed in 1913, Congress authorized a new building.
in 1930, the Detroit Post Office and Federal Building. The 1897 Post Office Building was demolished in 1931 and construction of the new building was finally complete in 1934. Originally designed to have twelve floors, the finished building had only ten. Space quickly grew to be an issue; the Post Office moved out in the mid-1960s and other federal agencies also left throughout the next two decades.
With the Court remaining as the sole occupant Congress approved the renaming of the building as “The Theodore Levin United States Courthouse” in 1995.
Ann Arbor Federal Building
200 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
In 1964 Congress designated Ann Arbor as a place of holding court in the Eastern District but facilities were not available until 1982 when the addition of a courtroom to the Ann Arbor Federal Building was approved.
Bay City United States Post Office
1000 Washington Ave., Bay City, MI 48708
The 1893 Federal Building: In 1887 Congress designated Bay City as a place of holding court and in 1893 the Court was given space in the new Bay City Federal Building.
The 1933 Federal Building: In 1933 the 1893 building was demolished and the Court, Post Office and federal offices moved into this building.
Flint Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
600 Church Street, Flint, MI 48502
The Flint Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse was originally constructed in 1931 to house the U.S. Post Office. In 1954 Flint was authorized by statute as a place of holding court for the Northern Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. A new federal courtroom and chambers, occupying the first floor of the vacated post office space, was dedicated in 1962. The building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Port Huron Federal Building and United States Courthouse
526 Water Street, Port Huron, MI 48060
In 1878 Congress authorized Port Huron as a place of holding court and the Court moved into the second floor in the Port Huron federal building. The lobby was renovated in 2007-2008. The building has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1974.
