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Ohio Life. 20 Movies That Were Made in Ohio. Academy Award-winning tales, lesser-known finds and, yes, even a couple of couple box-office bombs have been filmed in the Buckeye State. BY Sean Eifert | Ohio State Reformatory, courtesy of Destination Mansfield – Richland County.
Sep 5, 2023 · The prison is the epicenter of the Shawshank Trail, which includes all of the movie’s filming locations (there are 16, the most exotic of which is a beach in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which doubled as Zihuatanejo).
Mar 2, 2018 · Filmed in Ohio: Movies locations you can visit in the Buckeye State. CLEVELAND, Ohio – The best of moviemaking will be celebrated in Hollywood this weekend. But of course, many of the best...
Sep 23, 2014 · The Ohio State Reformatory is currently closed for the season (self-guided tours are available daily between April 1 and September 1 with some exceptions) but will re-open this Friday, September...
- The Bissman Building
- Carrousel Antiques
- Central Park Mansfield
- Renaissance Theatre
- Snyder Road & Hagerman Road
- Hagerman Road & RT 95
- Shawshank Oak Tree
- Malabar Farm State Park
- 19 West Main St, Ashland
- Ashland Thrift Store
The Bissman Building is a historic building in downtown Mansfield, built by the same architectural firm that built the Ohio State Reformatory. It’s only natural, then, that it was also featured in the Shawshank Redemption. The Bissman building originally served as the distribution center for the Bissman Company, a grocery chain. The distribution bu...
When Red (Morgan Freeman) is paroled in the movie, he struggles with living outside the prison, and one scene finds him daydreaming in a pawn shop window. He eyes the handguns, which could help him break his parole and go back to Shawshank, then his eyes fall upon a compass which eventually leads him to the buried treasure that Andy (Tim Robbins) t...
Just down the road from Carrousel Antiques in downtown Mansfield is Central Park, where you’ll find the park bench where Brooks sat to feed the birds. The site of the original bench is where the covered gazebo now stands. You’ll find a replica bench just a few feet away. The park also has playgrounds, gardens, several monuments,and a fountain worth...
While this Mansfield theater did not appear in the Shawshank Redemption movie, it is where the 1994 Movie Premiere was held. The historic theater has been a fixture of downtown Mansfield since 1928, when it opened as a movie house. Today, it is a performing arts center that is also listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks. If your timi...
As Red follows his compass to find Andy’s treasure, he hitchhikes out of town and is let out at the “Road to Buxton,” which is actually the intersection of Snyder Road and Hagerman Road in Butler, Ohio. The location sits among many farm fields, so there isn’t a “destination” per se at this stop, but it makes for a good photo opp of your journey alo...
Just a mile from the “Road to Buxton” scene, another filming location along Hagerman Road is where it meets Route 95. In the movie, this serves as the spot where Red’s bus leaves for Fort Hancock, Texas. As the road rises up a small hill, you’ll see the big red barn that Red’s bus passes by as it leaves town. You’re still out in the country at this...
You’ll really have to use your imagination at this stop, as the tree was heavily damaged by high winds in 2011 and completely destroyed in 2016, so it’s no longer there. But the tree plays such a pivotal role in the movie, as the spot where Andy has buried a tin full of cash, which Red finds after his journey to the tree. The former site of the tre...
In addition to the Oak Tree spot, Stops 9 and 10 along the Shawshank Trail are at Malabar Farm State Park. Stop 9, the Hollywood Connection is about the stars of the movie who received a tour here while filming the movie. Stop 10, is the Pugh Cabin at Malabar Farm State Park. In the movie’s opening scene, Andy sits in his car outside the cabin afte...
After a nice drive through the Ohio countryside, the next stop on our Shawshank tour brings you to Ashland, Ohio, another quaint Ohio town, just 25 miles from Mansfield. This historic building at 19 W Main St is now home to a wealth management firm, which is fitting as it is portrayed as Maine National Bank in the movie. Near the end of the movie, ...
The second stop in downtown Ashland is Ashland Thrift Store, formerly the Revivals 2 Thrift Store. In the movie, this is portrayed as the Trailways Bus Station where Red buys his bus ticket for Fort Hancock, Texas. Today, it is a thrift store that features household items, clothing and children’s items. The store is closed on Sundays.
The Shawshank Redemption filming location: the house where Andy Dufresne’s wife is murdered: Malabar Farm State Park, Mansfield, Ohio
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The Shawshank Trail is a Self-Guided Driving Tour. You decide what filming site to visit first. We suggest following the order of the filming sites in the brochure, starting with the Historic Ohio State Reformatory. Directions are provided in the brochure to each site to eliminate backtracking.
