It was expanded with court facilities the following year, and in 1910 the main portion of the Georgian Revival structure was built with the present façade.

McDonald was also the chairman of the Uinta County Commission; his contract stipulated that the work cost no more than $25,000.

[3] The present front section of the courthouse is a brick structure, two stories high, with quoined corners and a central portico.

The masonry walls of the 1873-1874 portion of the complex have been stained red by a mixture reportedly containing slaughterhouse blood and stale beer.

[3] The Uinta County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.