This territorial-era courthouse has the coloration and strong angular forms of High Victorian Gothic. The courthouse walls are of red Menominee, Wisconsin, brick, with rusticated stone used for the foundation, sills, and lintels. The building’s most striking feature is the large, square stair and bell tower with a truncated pyramid roof. In 1982, a new courthouse replaced this building, which was renovated to become an interpretive museum. Preservation of this important public building has been slowly and persistently sustained at the same time that other courthouses in the state have been demolished.