This three-story Public Works Administration–funded courthouse replaced an elaborate towered design of 1886 by James Edward Flanders of Dallas. The courthouse on a raised basement is sheathed in Cordova Cream Texas limestone, which is softer than the more frequently used Texas Lueders gray limestone. The simple rectangular building, following the order-over-podium model, also maintains the traditional cross-axis interior plan with four entrances. The facades are composed of flat, fluted pilasters, with slightly recessed windows and dark green marble spandrels, giving the impression of a tall, open loggia. The tall entablature is also flat, with incised lettering and small relief panels. This courthouse represents the final aesthetic reduction of the elegantly austere model of Paul P. Cret’s Folger Shakespeare Library of 1929 in Washington, D.C.