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Lawrence County was established in 1814 with Monticello as its seat. The three-story red brick courthouse is the fourth to occupy this irregular site, one of the state’s oldest court squares after Woodville’s (ND1). It faces Broad Street, the primary commercial thoroughfare, and has its back to the Pearl River, once the town’s lifeblood. McCormick of Brookhaven removed the leaking domed clock tower in 1924, shifting the focus to Hunt’s severe four-columned classical portico by adding a balustrade, dentils, and modillions. Between 1966 and 1970 the second-floor courtroom was remodeled and a one-story rear annex added. The original cross-hall plan and two iron staircases remain.