Marshall

Marshall is a town of 7,000 people (2019) in West Central Michigan.

Understand

Marshall is best known for its cross-section of 19th- and early 20th-century architecture. It has been referred to by the keeper of the National Register of Historic Places as a "virtual textbook of 19th-Century American architecture." Its historic center is the Marshall Historic District, one of the nation's largest architecturally significant National Historic Landmark Districts. The landmark has over 850 buildings, including the world-famous Honolulu House.

Get in

By car

Marshall is located near the junction of Interstate 69 and Interstate 94.

• I-69, a north–south freeway connecting with Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the south and Lansing to the north.
• I-94, an east–west route connecting with Battle Creek and Kalamazoo on the west and Jackson and Detroit on the east.

By train

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides daily service to nearby Battle Creek, Michigan and Albion, Michigan, operating its Wolverine both directions between Chicago, Illinois, and Pontiac, Michigan, via Detroit.

Get around

The city of Marshall provides Demand responsive transport bus service during the week with no service provided on weekends or major holidays.

See

• 1 American Museum of Magic, 107 E. Michigan Ave, ☏ +1 269 781-7570, info@americanmuseumofmagic.org. (updated Jan 2020)
• 2 Capitol Hill School. (updated Jan 2020)
• 3 Governor's Mansion Museum, 621 S. Marshall Ave. (updated Jan 2020)
• 4 Honolulu House (Abner Pratt House), 107 N. Kalamazoo Ave. (updated Jan 2020)
• The second-largest U.S. Postal Service museum is in Marshall. Its 4,000 artifacts—including uniforms, rural carrier memorabilia, rural post office equipment, automobiles and sleds—are eclipsed only by the collection of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington D.C. It is in the basement of the historical Schragg Marshall post office.

Eat

• Schuler's Restaurant & Pub, 115 S Eagle St, ☏ +1 269 781-0600, info@schulersrestaurant.com. (updated Dec 2021)

Drink

• Dark Horse Brewery, 511 S. Kalamazoo Ave. (updated Dec 2019)

Sleep

• Arbor Inn, 15435 W Michigan Ave, ☏ +1 269 781-7772, fax: +1 269 781-2660. $45-69. 
• Quality Inn, 204 Winston Dr, ☏ +1 269 789-7890, fax: +1 269 789-7891. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: noon. 
• Hampton Inn, 325 Sam Hill Dr, ☏ +1 269 789-0131. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: noon. 
• Holiday Inn Express, 329 Sam Hill Dr, ☏ +1 269 789-9301. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: noon. 
• 1 National House Inn Bed & Breakfast, 102 S Parkview, ☏ +1 269 781-7374, nhi@frankboley.com. Check-in: 3-9PM, check-out: noon. $125-185. (updated Dec 2021)

Go next

Routes through Marshall

Lansing ← Jct W E ←	N  S	→ Coldwater → Fort Wayne
Kalamazoo ← Battle Creek ←	W  E	→ Jackson → Ann Arbor