Built in 1893–94, the 124 foot (37.8 meter) tall courthouse was the third used by the county since its formation in 1839.

Architect Henry Elliott of Chicago and Jacksonville designed the building in the Romanesque Revival style.

The building's design features a tall central tower topped by an octagonal cupola, terminal towers at the front corners, and a raised front porch.

The building's limestone exterior, which is intricately decorated on the front face, uses stone quarried at the nearby city of Grafton.

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