The main entrance is reached by stairs which enter into a covered porch.
Above the porch is a high design arch supported by Ionic columns.
This arch in turn holds a pediment capped with an urn.
The mansard-roof gives way to a central tower.
The original tower was once four-tiered, domed, and capped with a statue of Justice.
This was destroyed in a fire in 1912 when the tower collapsed.
It was replaced shortly thereafter with a massive tower and dome designed by local architect Frederick Mueller, but the dome was removed in 1926 after it was struck by lightning.
The octagonal tower remains and contains a four-faced clock and is topped with eight spires around the top.

When Butler County constructed the Government Services Center in 1999, architecture firm Lorenze and Williams replicated the green octagonal roof on top of the 11-story tower.
The main entrance is reached by stairs which enter into a covered porch. Above the porch is a high design arch supported by Ionic columns. This arch in turn holds a pediment capped with an urn. The mansard-roof gives way to a central tower. The original tower was once four-tiered, domed, and capped with a statue of Justice. This was destroyed in a fire in 1912 when the tower collapsed. It was replaced shortly thereafter with a massive tower and dome designed by local architect Frederick Mueller, but the dome was removed in 1926 after it was struck by lightning. The octagonal tower remains and contains a four-faced clock and is topped with eight spires around the top.
When Butler County constructed the Government Services Center in 1999, architecture firm Lorenze and Williams replicated the green octagonal roof on top of the 11-story tower.
Butler County Courthouse (Ohio)