A courthouse appeared on this corner in the center of town shortly after the county was formed in 1803. J.W. Drum designed this replacement in 1870 at the cost of $186,000. He blended classical elements, such as the grand colonnade of fluted iron columns topped with Corinthian capitals supporting a pediment, with the then-modern Second Empire style (mansard roof). The golden clock tower consists of a podium, belfry, and cupola. When the county government moved down the street in the 1970s, the courthouse was saved from destruction by NBOC, which took out a 99 year lease with the county and poured an estimated half-million dollars into restoration.
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