[1] Architect George E. McDonald designed the brick building with elements of Richardsonian Romanesque and Italian Renaissance Revival style.

It is approximately 89 by 74 feet (27 m × 23 m) in plan, and is two stories upon a raised basement.

The brick exterior is yellow/buff in color, with the bottom level finished in rusticated limestone.

[2] McDonald designed three other courthouses listed on the National Register.

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