The courthouse square occupies a double block straddling the north–south Post Hill Street. Aligned on this axis, the domed “Texas Renaissance” style courthouse is an imposing classical design by Dallas-based Hosford. Monumental porticos with four Tuscan columns mark each facade of the typical cross-axial plan, which is slightly longer on the east–west axis. The sheet metal cornice was fabricated by Fritz Lange of Fredericksburg and painted to simulate stone. The courtroom on the second floor retains its original features, including a splendid judge’s bench.
Local masons Henrich and Ischar built the stone wall (1928) around the courthouse square, which helps to level the sloping site. The stone firehouse (now the Law Enforcement Building) on the south side of the square was constructed in 1940 after the earlier facility burned with all equipment lost.