Locate It: Cherokee County Historic Courthouse

Northwest Georgia Mountains

Cherokee County Historic Courthouse

Native Georgia marble structure built in the early 1900s. Old jail cells at the front of the building looked out on the plaza and rear of the marble eagles, leading to the saying that a person was not ‘in jail,’ but ‘behind the eagles.

Address:
North St., Downtown Canton
Canton, GA 30114
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