A Louisville, Kentucky, firm designed this courthouse, which was built by J. F. Barnes, who later served as construction superintendent for Mississippi’s New Capitol (JM16). The three-story courthouse, unusual here for both its stone construction and its Richardsonian Romanesque design, is tightly and picturesquely massed. Round arches dominate, emphasized by oversized voussoirs, and on the porch they spring from chunky piers with foliated capitals. The front gable’s crenellated parapet and the tower’s belfry were removed in 1930 by James M. Spain. The same project turned the interior into an Art Deco space with terrazzo floors, plaster reliefs, stylized pilasters, and aluminum hardware. Rear additions include a two-story office wing (1950–1952, Spain and Biggers, with Harold Kaplan), an annex on the west (1965, Harold Kaplan and Associates), and a jarring two-story arcaded chancery court on the east (1976, Hall-Burle and Associates).