A work crew found that the tower had shifted, damaging the clock beyond repair. The clock tower was removed in 1919. This temple of justice's textured masonry, round towers, conical roofs, marble columns, windows of various sizes and rounded arches are typical of Romanesque Revival architecture. Restoration Old Red was remodeled in 1968. A small portion of the first floor has been restored.
Efforts are underway to study ways to use the building.
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