It is located at East Central Avenue at South Sheridan Street.

[2] A bond was approved for the county courthouse by 1908, and Virginia architect Henry H. Huggins was selected as architect by the county commissioners from a group of fourteen proposals.

[3] The building initially had a clock tower atop it, but it fell through to the ground-floor lobby sometime in the mid-20th century and was never replaced.

[3][4] A granite war memorial on the courthouse lawn reads: "In grateful appreciation of the boys of Ben Hill County who gave their service during the World War.

Erected by Nathaniel Abney Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, Dec. 28, 1928.