It was built between 1896 and 1898, and is a 2 1/2-story, Romanesque Revival style sandstone building.

It has a cross-gabled building with a square tower rising from a central base.

The building features the central tower's octagonal, ogee-shaped dome, plus four corner towers or pavilions with domes and finials.

It replaced the Johnson County Courthouse on Old Public Square.

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