The Chambers at City Center is an old Church that dates back to 1913 and has been remodeled to hold…read moreevents such as the city's monthly council meetings, special events, plays, weddings, etc. It's named after Evelyn Chambers who was a nurse and Woodstock's first and only female mayor... I believe Elm Street Cultural Arts Village (Woodstock's own theater company) does most of their performances here https://www.elmstreetarts.org/ The Woodstock citizen police Academy will meet here on occasions as well, I believe. A few of us in the neighborhood came out recently to celebrate our own police chief Calvin Moss winning the Georgia Police Chief of the Year by the Georgia Association of Chief of Police (GAPC) https://patch.com/georgia/woodstock/woodstock-police-chief-named-outstanding-police-chief-year I think its a pretty big honor since it's your peers that you for you so way to go chief... The church is incredibly well maintained and provides a great piece of history for generations to come...

Great place to hold a party or large meeting. This is where the city of Woodstock holds its monthly…read morecity counsel meetings. Seats are comfortable and they have four large tv's which can display power points, or picture slide shows. Really clean and nice. Soon they will be even remodeling the bathroom.

Bob the Turkey got a Santa's hat I saw it the other day when…read moreI stopped in for a little chitchat. I said "hey Bobby that's a good looking hat?" He asked me if it made him look fat. "no of course not" I lie didn't want to hurt his turkey pride. "you look way better than the Big Chicken" I said upon hearing this he went all big head. "Maybe they'll let you keep it" Bob the turkey nodded with some wit. "next year give you a Santa's outfit!"

This statue is so cute! It's such a fun, quirky, small town attraction…read more Over the Christmas season someone put a Santa hat on it. It was really cute & festive. It's also a Pokemon Gym, for anyone who still plays.

This historical marker commemorates the site of a famous hotel in the area around the time of Civil…read morewar named The Lacey Hotel named after George and Edna Lacey. The hotel became famous because of Mrs. Lacey's cooking.....of course history remembers this hotel as the site Sherman used as military headquarter during the Battle of Kennesaw.... The exact location is not certain even though apparently there are many theories.... The marker in located in front of the Kennesaw Veterans Memorial Park off of North Main Street in downtown historical Kennesaw.... The marker reads: Eastward across R. R. stood the 2-story frame hotel, leased by George M. Lacy in 1859 -- an eating house for passengers on the State-owned railway until June 9, 1864, at which time the Federal forces occupied Big Shanty. April 12, 1862, the Andrews Raiders [USA] seized the locomotive "General" while train crew & passengers were breakfasting at the hotel. Fortified by a stockade, it housed a Federal garrison from June 9 to Oct. 3, 1864, when it was recaptured by Confederate forces. Reoccupied by Federal troops it was maintained as a R. R. blockhouse until abandoned & burned by them, Nov. 14.

This historical marker located off of N Main Street and Cherokee Street NW in Downtown Historical…read moreKennesaw. It's by the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History which houses the famous locomotive the General.... The marker reads as the following: After the wide flanking movement W. & S. of Allatoona Mtns., Sherman's forces regained the State R. R., at Acworth, June 6, 1864. June 9. Minty's & Wilder's brigades, Garrard's Cav., with Bennett's section, Chicago Board of Trade Battery, moved S. from Acworth. At Morgan's Hill, they encountered Martin's div. of Wheeler's cav. & Benton's brigade. Hood's A.C. Benton & Martin withdrew S. E. to Johnston's 1st defensive line on the Kennesaw Mtn. front. Big Shanty was occupied & Sherman maintained h'dqr's. here, June 10-24. The 17th A. C. joined McPherson's forces at Acworth, June 6.

We scheduled a museum tour and had a wonderful experience. The museum is wheelchair accessible and…read morevery accommodating. Our guide was friendly and welcoming, as was each person we met. The tour was very informative and geared towards the group. They answered all of our questions, and they gave us plenty of photo opportunities. The museum has a wide variety of items on display and is sure to capture the interests of both children and adults.

Fabulous museum for people of all ages! We went with our son and grandson and we all loved it.read more

The woman I spoke to was showed her attitude, felt she was superior/the smartest person in the…read moreroom. The entire website, system, ppl one talks to on the phone are awful. Filing for unemployment shouldn't be this difficult. Getting HELP shouldn't be hard. I would have preferred to go to the dentist everyday this week vs 1 minute on the lame website, ppl on the phone, lack of knowledge/confusion they spit out.

This office is incompetent. They do not give you all the information required to obtain your valid…read moreunemployment checks. you have to call multiple times before you insist on someone helping you as the previous information still does not resolve your issue after you are waiting weeks for your valid approved unemployment funds.

This historical marker is located in front of The Kennesaw Veteran Memorial Park in historic…read moreDowntown Kennesaw. There are about 5 parking spots in front of this park but you have to know how to parallel park if you want to park up front here. Since I live in the burgs and only parallel parked once (when I took my driver's test) I parked over by The Depot and walked on over here...both places have free parking. This is Downtown Kennesaw...you can guess what this historical marker is about? You guess right...The General....it says.... About 6 A.M., April 12, 1862, a Federal spy & contraband merchant, James J. Andrews, of Ky., together with 18 soldiers & one civilian of Ohio, seized the locomotive "General", & three box cars while the train-crew & passengers were breakfasting at the Lacy Hotel. Intending to sabotage the State R. R. between Atlanta & Chattanooga, the raiders steamed N. to destroy track & burn bridges.They were foiled in this attempt by the persistent pursuit of Capt. W. A. Fuller, Conductor of the train; Jeff Cain, Fireman; & Anthony Murphy, of the Atlanta R. R. shops, after a chase of eight-seven miles. 033-42 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

There are approximately 197 historical markers in Cobb County alone. This marker in located in…read morehistorical downtown of Kennesaw just off of North Main Street in the Kennesaw Veteran Memorial Park. The marker reads as the following In 1838-41, a construction camp of laborers, grading & building the State R. R., was located at the spring approximately 250 yds. W. of here, where temporary structures (shanties) housed the workmen. Track level here, being some 345 ft. above the level at Cartersville, 19 mi. N., the grade was 18 ft. per mi. at time of construction. In railroad parlance, this was known as "the big grade to the shanties" - later shortened to "big shanty grade", finally to "Big Shanty", which was changed to Kennesaw about 1870. In June, 1864, Federal forces on the Kennesaw Mtn. front, drew supplies at this point. 033-40 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954