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Alamo Village

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1955–1959. Off FM 674, 9 miles north of Brackettville

Alamo Village was built by James T. “Happy” Shahan as a set for John Wayne’s 1960 film The Alamo. In addition to re-creating the entire compound of Mission San Antonio de Valero, the area includes a “western” town where numerous other films have been made. Unlike most movie sets that are merely facades, the structures in Alamo Village are complete buildings with walls and roofs. It was a tourist attraction for many years but closed in 2009 with the death of Shahan’s wife. A new owner is hoping to raise funds to reopen the attraction.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Kinney County Heritage Museum (Filippone Building)
Kinney County Courthouse
Fort Clark

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Alamo Village", [Alamo Village, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-EL10.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 426-426.

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