Begun in 1821 and completed in 1824, the earliest portion of the courthouse was built to provide
a safe repository for County records and meeting rooms for the County Court and its officials,
a use that has continued to this day. Several expansions followed. Architecturally, the 1892-95
alterations and additions to the courthouse still define its overall character. Designed by Jackson C.
Gott, an important Baltimore architect, the alterations dramatically transformed the appearance of
the restrained, almost flat Federal Style building into a more graceful, three-dimensional Georgian
Revival structure, featuring the prominent entrance tower, corner pavilions and the second floor
courtroom.
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