This was Dodson’s last Second Empire courthouse before he shifted to Romanesque Revival and classical styles to keep up-to-date with his rivals, especially J. Riely Gordon. The four corners of the three-story, rock-faced limestone structure are treated as towers, with low convex mansard roofs. The central bay terminates in a gable. The tall wood-framed and metal-clad central tower that rises in stages from a convex shape to a square and finishes with a convex mansard (with clocks on each side) is supported on large wooden trusses that span the central courtroom. Unlike Dodson’s other courthouses, which have red roofs with cream-colored dormers and trim, the roof and tower here are monotone gray. Although the courthouse, which occupies the center of its square, has some landscaping around it, much of this surrounding space is now used for parking. The courthouse was rehabilitated with funding from The Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program.