sentences:  The circuit court met for the first time in the new building in January 1860, and the building was largely destroyed by fire the same day.Isaac Hodgson was the architect for the rebuilt courthouse, which was first occupied in January 1861; the total cost, including the reconstruction, totaled $54,624.05.The current courthouse was built in 1936–37 at a cost of $246,734; it replaced the previous building which had been declared unsafe.