Gwinnett Historic Courthouse
Built in 1885 on the Lawrenceville square, the stately brick Gwinnett Historic Courthouse is the third to stand here after two wooden predecessors burned, and it served as the seat of county business until 1988. The square carries a darker memory: in 1848 Elleck, an enslaved man, walked to the courthouse steps to report his enslaver's death before being convicted and hanged at the nearby jail.
Decades later a courthouse employee said she found a photograph dated April 11, 1911 of a hanged man, captioned "Do not wake him," and that night a gust of cold green mist swept through her doorway carrying an angry presence she demanded leave. Today Southern Ghost Girls Tours leads paranormal investigations here, while the Aurora Theatre's seasonal ghost walk threads the same square with old-jail tales.
📍 185 Crogan St, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, Lawrenceville, GA · Get directions