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The Berrien County Historic Courthouse Square, also known as the History Center at Courthouse Square, is the oldest town square in the Midwest and is a historic district located in Berrien Springs, Michigan. The complex is 1.6 acres and is home to five structures, two of which are the oldest of their kind in the state of Michigan, and include the 1839 Courthouse, Michigan's oldest Courthouse, and the 1829 Murdoch Cabin, Michigan's oldest two-story cabin. The property and its buildings are owned by Berrien County and stewarded by the Berrien County Historical Association. While the historic 1839 Courthouse was added to the United States' Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places in 1970, the BCHA resubmitted the application to include the entire courthouse square during the 1970s. The application was approved and the entire complex was added to the national register in 1982.
