Woodruff County Courthouse
Erected A.D. 1902
T.E. Stanley, County Judge
e.H. Connor, Commissioner

In honor of all the valiant Men and Women of Woodruff Co. who defended their ideals and served their country during time of war. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Woodruff County Courthouse
Noted architect: Charles L. Thompson, November 30, 1901.

Thomas Hough, founder of Augusta in 1848, built his home on this location before the Civil War. During the Federal occupation Gen. Frederick Steele headquartered here. Woodruff county was created in 1861, bought the Hough House in 1870 and used it as a courthouse until 1901. The present courthouse was built in 1902 on part of its foundation and used its entire north wall.

On December 22, 1982, the U.S. Department of Interior placed it on the National Registery of Historic Places. Augusta Sesquicentennial.