Located in the county seat of Homerville, the building was built in 1896 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

The courthouse is designed in the Victorian functional style, with Classical Revival additions.

[1] There is a historical marker at the intersection of Georgia State Route 37 and North Cemetery Road west of Homerville describing the first courthouse site from 1850, a private residence.

[1] The act established a commission of five members responsible for choosing a county seat and building a county courthouse and provided that until the courthouse of build, elections and court sessions be held at the home of Jonathan Knight.

[1] A 1936 Works Progress Administration project rehabilitated the courthouse and added an addition.