The Hamilton County Courthouse is located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and contains the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, the Municipal Court, Small Claims Court, and the Clerk of Courts offices.

On October 1, 1915, former President and future Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, William Howard Taft laid the cornerstone.

[2] After spending the sum of $3,022.000 to construct this Renaissance Revival styled courthouse, on October 18, 1919, this courthouse was officially dedicated by then, Senator, and future President, Warren G. Harding.

[3] The second courthouse was constructed in 1802 and destroyed by fire in 1813, while being used as a military barracks for soldiers during the War of 1812.

[2][3] In keeping with the trend, Hamilton County's fourth courthouse, built in 1854, was also destroyed by fire, a result of the Cincinnati riots of 1884.