This is the Lake County Courthouse (1907) in my hometown of Painesville, Ohio (30 miles NE of Cleveland). The figures flanking the staircase are Cain and Abel (in case anyone ever wondered what they looked like!)
Almost 50 years ago a movie called
One Potato, Two Potato, about interracial marriage (a very controversial--and taboo--topic still then) was filmed in Painesville, and was well-received at the Cannes Film Festival that year. Some of the actors became well-known (mainly in television). The father of the main character (a supporting role) was Robert Earl Jones, real-life father of actor James Earl Jones. A concluding scene was shot inside and outside the courthouse, link below...
One Potato, Two Potato
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOE1VjBa8ls