The site is now planned to host the Franklin County Municipal Court.

[3] With the growth of Columbus and settlement of its adjacent areas, county business increased, prompting discussion of a permanent courthouse.

In 1837, a site was donated to the county at Mound and High Streets, so long as a courthouse was built there.

[4] In 1882, a Columbus Dispatch editorial urged construction of a new courthouse, detailing that the then-current structures were "inadequate in every way".

The writer found the buildings to be small, impossible to clean, and with bad ventilation, among other issues.