The plan of this magnificent structure was drawn by the contractors, Joseph WILLIS and F. SLOAN, architects, of Memphis, Tenn. The masonry executed by C. R. TRIGG, of Memphis. The entire cost of the building is set down at $25,000. Work was commenced on the foundation the third Tuesday in October, 1867, and the structure is to be completed by the first day of January, 1869. Length of the building, north and south, 72 feet 9 inches; width, east and west, 53 feet; height of walll 50 feet, to eves; height of dome, 35 feet.

The Board of Commissioners, appointed by the County Court, and whose business it is to superintend the work is composed of the following persons: J. H. BILLS, E. P. MCNEAL, P. T. JONES and E. G COLEMAN. The necessity of building this Hall of Justice was occasioned by the wantonness of a Federal General named STURGIS, and the troops under his command, who burned all the buildings on the public square on the 5th day of May, 1864, during the civil war that raged between the people of the Southern and those of the Northern States.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 23 Nov. 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.