Yolo County Courthouse, County courthouse in Woodland, California

The Yolo County Courthouse is a government building in Woodland with exterior walls of Colusa sandstone and terracotta details. The structure shows classical proportions with careful attention to architectural ornament throughout.

The current building was completed in 1917 after demolition of an earlier courthouse from 1864. The earlier structure had been damaged by earthquakes, making replacement necessary.

Inside, two rotundas on the second and third floors have marble pilaster columns with murals in nearby niches. The corridors and rotundas are cut and polished marble, fitted with decorative copper handrails and hand-blown egg-shaped glass light fixtures.

The building now houses the Yolo County Probation Department after court operations moved to a new facility in 2015. Visitors should know that access to the interior may be limited, as it functions as an administrative building.

Frank Freeman, one of Woodland's founders, gave the county an entire city block bounded by Court, North, Second and Third Streets for the first courthouse; the land was a gift, not a purchase. The 1916 bond that paid for the present building was $200,000, though the finished courthouse cost $300,000.