sentences:  It was built from 1857 to 1859 by Perry M. Blankenship of Martinsville at a cost of $32,000.It was almost identical to Hodgson's Jennings County courthouse in Vernon, which was also begun in 1857, but the Martinsville building received an addition in the 1970s; the original section was also remodeled and renovated at that time.The building is of red brick with white stone quoins and has tall windows with round arches, arranged in pairs.