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Lucama, North Carolina: Vollis Simpson Whirligigs: Original Location

Most of the giant wind-animated sculptures of Vollis Simpson were moved to nearby Wilson, but a few have been left in place to tempt Vollis whirligig completists.

Address:
Vollis Shop Rd, Lucama, NC
Directions:
From Whirligig Park in Wilson, drive southeast on Goldsboro St. S. for 1.5 miles. Bear right at the stoplight onto US Hwy 301. Drive 1.5 miles. Just after the little bridge across Contentnea Creek, turn right onto Wiggins Mill Rd. Drive seven miles. When you reach the intersection of Willing Worker Rd/Vollis Shop Rd, look for the whirligigs.
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Vollis Simpson dies.

Vollis Simpson Dies, Whirligig Folk Artist

Whirligig maker Vollis Simpson (1919-2013) was a folk art institution in North Carolina.

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Lucama, North Carolina - Winds Of Change For Simpsons Whirligigs
Vollis Simpson's Whirligigs: For decades, handyman Vollis Simpson has been making giant "whirligigs" -- home-built junk-art contraptions designed to spin in the wind -- and mounting them on poles in a field next to his home in Lucama, North Carolina. [06/06/2010] Complete Story...

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Vollis Simpson Whirligig remnant.

Vollis Simpson Whirligigs: Original Location

There's some road construction. Go through the detour signs and you can still see them.

[Jen, 12/24/2018]
Vollis Simpson's Whirligigs

Most of the displays have been restored and moved down to Wilson. Not much to see anymore, but still has a few displays left.

[Kirstee, 03/30/2018]
Vollis Simpson's Whirligigs

Very few of the 30-some whirligigs are now on the Simpson property. He sold them to be refurbished and placed in Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, which is being built in the nearby town of Wilson.

[L. Hayden, 10/03/2014]

This is a work in transition, and may take several years. In Wilson, some of the whirligigs are installed in the park, and some are in a storage yard elsewhere in town, undergoing restoration.


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