The Woodruff County Courthouse in Cotton Plant was completed in August 1902 to serve the southern district of the county. Built by C.W. Clark and designed by Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson, it was a stately two story red brick building with a clock tower in the Romanesque style. A second courthouse of similar appearance, also designed by Thompson, was finished in December 1902 in the county seat of Augusta. In 1905, the Cotton Plant courthouse provided classroom space for the Cotton Plant School while the school was being rebuilt after a fire. The southern district was discontinued in 1931, and courthouse operations were consolidated with Augusta. The building was then used again by the Cotton Plant School and was later acquired by the local Masonic Lodge. It eventually fell into disrepair and was demolished by the Lodge. The only remnants are the cornerstone next to Richmond Lodge #94 and the original judges bench at the Cotton Plant Historical Museum.