It is a two-story brick structure with limestone trim, built in 1934, and is the city's only significant example of Art Deco architecture.

The building has a stepped appearance, with a large central block that has an oversized second story, and is flanked by smaller two-story wings, from which single-story sections project to the front and back.

The main entrance is recessed in an opening flanked by similarly fluted panels.

Near the entrance to the courthouse stands a copy of John Paulding's World War I memorial, Over the Top, placed in 1920, and often confused with E. M. Viquesney's "Spirit of the American Doughboy".

This article about a property in Craighead County, Arkansas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.