San Bernardino County Court House, Neoclassical courthouse in San Bernardino, United States.

The San Bernardino County Court House is a courthouse featuring neoclassical design with prominent columns across its facade, evenly spaced windows, and a distinctive parapet at the roofline. Inside, the building contains multiple courtrooms and administrative offices where county legal work takes place daily.

A 1920s earthquake left the earlier county courthouse severely damaged and unsafe, so the supervisors reviewed three sites and bought a block on North Arrowhead Street. They issued a $450,000 bond and chose R.W. Wescott as contractor on November 17, 1925. Local architect Howard E. Jones designed the 1927 building, drawing on the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the City Beautiful movement.

The building displays classical design features that reflected the City Beautiful movement, which shaped how American towns looked and felt in the early 1900s. The regular windows and strong columns communicate how courthouses served as symbols of order and civic importance in their communities.

The courthouse stands at 351 N. Arrowhead Ave., and its grounds are landscaped and hold a 1937 welfare building, a 1940 county library, a 1940 heating plant, a fountain, a sundial, a plaque and the remains of the former county courthouse. Look for the unpainted stone and stucco facing, an uncommon choice for such a building.

The courthouse grounds hold the remains of the earlier county courthouse, kept on the landscaped site alongside a 1937 welfare building, a 1940 county library and a 1940 heating plant. A fountain, a sundial and a plaque also stand among the plantings.