W. D. Young erected the first building on the site, a frame structure, which was used as the temporary courthouse.

The building served as a temporary courthouse; extant temporary courthouses are highly unusual, as most had poor construction and did not last to the present day.

The town's newspaper, known as the Leader and still in existence today, was first printed in 1876, the same year that the first temporary courthouse was built.

The courthouse was built in 1935, replacing a temporary courthouse since 1931.

A temporary wooden courthouse was constructed under the supervision of the prominent attorney Amos J. Fires.

The temporary courthouse and log jail were replaced in 1839 by a brick courthouse and jail.

The courthouse was destroyed by the tornado of 1897, and a temporary courthouse was erected on the present site.

LaPorte had nearly 300 citizens at one time and was home to a temporary courthouse until the railroad chose a different route.

At one point county records were spirited away from the temporary courthouse in Iron River by men from Crystal Falls.

A temporary courthouse was established in a four-story brick building on the corner of Third and Ohio streets until a more permanent structure could be built.