Location: 250 Gay Street / Porter Street
Built: 1834 – 1835
Style: Greek Revival
Architect: Malcolm F Crawford
Contractor: Malcolm F Crawford and James Leake Powers
Description: The building faces west and is a two-story red colored brick structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in Washington. The west front has four white colored vertical pilasters with a central framed entrance with a small pediment above. With small pediment above. There is a large fanlight on the pediment at the roof line and behind rises a large square white colored cupola. The roof is hipped. In the interior, the courtroom is located on the second story. The building houses the County General District Court and County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of the 20th Judicial Circuit. On the grounds to the north are the old Clerk’s Office and Treasurer’s Office (1857) and on the south side are the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office (1979) and the Old County Jail (1836).
SOURCE: American Courthouses