Don’t tear its walls and rafters down
Long had it served this town,
For years the symbol of Civil Law
Please do not break it down.

When Berrien Springs was the County Seat,
It proudly stood for right,
For Truth and Human Dignity
Exemplified its might.

And, so that after they have gone
Who remember those old days,
We’ll have this Landmark of our past
Forever in our gaze.

So, let us do ere we can 
To save this Honored Hall,
Make it a shrine which we show
We loved what we recall.

Poem by Dennis Jones; The Journal Era, March 1966