It was designed by Fred Stone and Augustin Babin, and is thirteen stories high.

[2] By the late 1920s Beaumont had grown so much that the courthouse was inadequate to meet the needs of the people, and by early 1931 the present brick structure was completed.

The building has retained nearly all of its originality over the years, including its marble interior, but in 1981 an annex was added to the west side to increase space.

Floors eight through thirteen of the courthouse once served as the county jail, one can tell by the barred windows.

Phase two began August 2010, and will clean and restore granite and windows from the fifth to 13th floor.