
The Richardsonian Romanesque style of this compact, three-story structure built to serve a new judicial district is uncommon in Mississippi but was common for federal buildings of the period (see YB4). Its red brick walls with stone dressings feature repetitive, round-arched windows and three round-arched openings with stunted columns carrying foliated capitals form the principal entrance, while corbeled brick supports an entablature at the side entrance. The gables above are inlaid with terra-cotta tiles. The red brick and round-arched windows are repeated in the two-story rear addition.