In 1906 Col. D.A. Spivey introduced in the General Assembly the Act authorizing the construction of the Horry County Courthouse. The building committee was composed of C.P. Quattlebaum, John C. Spivey and John P. Durham. The formal opening was held in 1908, with Governor Martin F. Ansel as speaker. The building, crowned with an octagonal cupola topped by a finial with eagle weathervane, underwent renovation in 1937 and 1964. A portrait of Revolutionary War Colonel Peter Horry, for whom the county was named, hangs in the front hall, given by the local DAR chapter.
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