Big Chicken

12 Cobb Parkway North
Marietta Cobb County Georgia 30062
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The Big Chicken
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This famous KFC was originally Johnny Reb's Chick, Chuck and Shake Restaurant. The 56 feet (17 meter) tall chicken was constructed in 1963 and was reconstructed in 1993 after a storm damaged the original structure.
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Landmark Trivia

  • Pilots use the building as a reference point when approaching Atlanta and Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
  • The Big Chicken was designed by Hubert Puckett, a Georgia Tech student of architecture.
  • The restaurant is located at Marietta's biggest intersection, Cobb Parkway (US 41) and Roswell Road (S. R. 120).

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