Smithfield, North Carolina - Shadow Hawk - Backyard Western Town
- Address:
- 494 Bonnie Ave., Smithfield, NC
- Directions:
- I-95 exit 93 onto Brodgen Rd. Eight miles east to Brogden School Rd. 0.3 miles to Bonnie Ave. Drake's home is at the end, in the cul-de-sac.
- Admission:
- Free (a sixpack would be nice).
- Hours:
- Private home. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 919-934-9742
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Smithfield, North Carolina - Shadow Hawk - Backyard Western Town Visited last weekend. They are filming another movie starting next weekend. Owner Bill Drake is a talent. He does with plywood what you usually see with concrete -- fabulous! [Ric Carter, 05/05/2009]
Smithfield, North Carolina - Shadow Hawk - Backyard Western Town Our Retreads motorcycle club contacted Bill and he invited us to his [backyard western] town. He is a very innovative and talented man. He built this town himself and you can image that an old town might have looked very much like this one. Bill was an excellent host and we enjoyed his town. [mike lane, 01/07/2009][RA: May 2009 - Photo added.]
Smithfield, North Carolina - Shadow Hawk - Backyard Western Town Old west town hand-built [out of scrap wood] by one man, [68-year old] William "Bill" Drake. Drake was a movie star in the 1960s and played in TV and movies. He played a town drunk in Bonanza, for example.
Drake built this replica western town including the Golden Nugget Saloon and brothel, a church, a hotel and a blacksmith shop, to name a few. The town is in his back yard. [Gary, 12/18/2007]
[RA: The private western town was recently used as the set for the indy film "A Fist Full of Brains." May 2009 - Photo added.]Nearby Offbeat Places
- Snowball Building, Smithfield, NC - 8 mi.
- Ava Gardner Museum, Smithfield, NC - 8 mi.
- Goon with a Top Hat, Kenly, NC - 16 mi.
- In the region: World's Tallest Replica of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Wilson, NC - 28 mi.
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