[4]: 418 [5]: 119  County affairs were conducted in the old Mormon Council-House, which was at the corner of Third and Grafton streets.

Sparks at the corner of Fifth and E, to serve as the county offices until 1862, when court was moved to the former residence of Charles Glasier.

This second courthouse had a protracted development: an initial proposition to issue bonds for US$125,000 (equivalent to $4,240,000 in 2023) to build a new County Jail and Court House was defeated by voters in 1887, so the board of supervisors reissued the proposition for US$75,000 in bonds to build a new Hall of Records, which was also defeated.

[10] A new San Bernardino Justice Center was completed in 2014 and occupied on March 12 of that year, designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and containing 383,745 sq ft (35,651.1 m2) of floor space with 35 courtrooms.

[11] The branch court in Redlands was consolidated and integrated into the new San Bernardino Justice Center after that building was completed in 2014.