My Cobb County Courthouse

 

This is the Cobb County Courthouse that I remember from my formative years.  There seems always to be men hanging out in front, some tipsy from brown paper bags they had on their person.    See the stairways to the left?  Those stairs led to a bonding company owned by Robert McEntyre and Bill Spinks.  My uncle Spencer Crain owned a bonding company out of sight  around the corner.

Commissioner Herbert McCollum wanted to replace it with a more modern one.  Old Cobb Countians were against it.  Then it “Just so happen” that bricks from the tower started toppling off down to the sidewalk below… and I think it caught on fire tool.

It had to be replaced!