Since losing its bid to become the state capital of Michigan in 1847,
Marshall has won many awards and accolades. Home to the largest national
historic landmark district in the country in the small urban category,
Marshall has been called a textbook of American architecture by the
National Parks Service. Marshall was one of the first four Michigan Main
Street Communities and is the site of the oldest county fair in the
state. In recent years, the community has been named one of the dozen
distinctive destinations by the National Trust for Historic
Preservation.