It is a two-story, ashlar stone and brick Richardsonian Romanesque style building.

It features a large, square central tower with an open campanile and pyramidal roof.

The associated Surrogate's Building was built in 1884–1885, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building with a bracketed cornice with Renaissance style detail.

[2] The courthouse complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982.

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