Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Frank Freeman, ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Woodland, ya ba da ƙasar don ginin kotu na farko ga masu kula da gundumar. Ya miƙa dukan birnin block da iyakoki na Kotun, Arewa, Na biyu, da kuma Na uku Streets. Albert Bennett, wani masanin gine-gine daga Sacramento, wanda kuma ya yi aiki tare da sauran gine-ginen a ginin California State Capitol, an hayar da shi ne ta hanyar Yolo County Board of Supervisors don tsara ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren farko na birnin. An zaɓi mai gini mai suna P. McManus don ginin kuma an hayar da shi a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1863, don $ 24,250, kuma ya kamata a gina shi a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1864. Sakamakon ƙarshe shi ne gini mai hawa biyu na bulo na Italiyanci, $ 27,858 a cikin yin. Ba wai kawai adadin kuɗin ya fi yadda aka yi tsammani ba, amma kuma aikin ya ɗauki lokaci fiye da yadda aka tsara. Girgizar ƙasa da ta biyo baya a shekara ta 1892, 1904, da kuma 1906
ya raunana amincin ginin kuma ya lalata tsarin iska. A shekara ta 1908 wani alkali ya fitar da kotun daga ginin saboda wari a cikin ginin. Babban Kwamitin Yolo County, Hukumar Kulawa, da Hukumar Kula da Lafiya ta Jihar California sun gano ginin "marasa tsabta kuma ba su dace da ma'amalar kotu ba" a ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1911.