RKO Forty Acres - List of Familiar Backlot Buildings

List of Familiar Backlot Buildings

Core structures that stood for decades and appeared in many productions are listed here, most of which were constructed to represent, in Gone with the Wind, the antebellum Town of Atlanta, and later used for the fictional Mayberry. This portion of the backlot was the most permanent, and thus the most repeatedly recognizable, existing from 1939 until 1976. Other structures like the Jerusalem set, which was torched to make room for the Atlanta set, or Tara, which was replaced with the Hogan Heroes stalag set, did not survive as long. The western/European set at the east end of the backlot also did not survive past the mid sixties.

The two main arteries that traversed the Atlanta/Mayberry set were Atlanta or Main Street, which ran east/west and opened at one point onto a town square, and North Street, a cross street that bisected it at the four corners just west of the square.

Image Structure flrs Location years Seen on Seen as
church 2 SE end of town square 1947–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • All Souls Church
courthouse 2 NE of town square 1947–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • Mayberry Courthouse
residence 2 across from church 1939–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • the Taylor home
bank 2 SE corner Atlanta/North 1939–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Star Trek #28
  • Mayberry Bank
  • National Hotel
  • where Kirk & Spock emerge
store/cafe 3 NW corner Atlanta/North 1939–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Weaver's Department Store
  • Norcross Merchandise
main hotel 2 center, town square 1945–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • The Set-Up
  • Star Trek #8
  • Walker's Drug Store
  • Hotel Cozy
  • Rusk Hotel
tall hotel 4 NW of town square 1947–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • The Long Night
  • The Set-Up
  • Star Trek #28
  • Star Trek #8
  • Mayberry Hotel
  • Allegheny House
  • fire escape overlooking alley
  • ...where Kirk steals clothes
  • where Kirk finds Miri
theatre 2 NW of town square 1939–75
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • The Set-Up
  • Star Trek #28
  • Superman
  • Grand Theatre
  • Paradise City Arena
  • 21st Street Mission
  • Smallville depot/Daily Planet
buildings 2 rear of courthouse 1955–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • Star Trek #8
  • feed grain store
  • Bartlett stable
shop 2 E of town square 1955–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • Star Trek #8
  • Biggs used furniture
  • Onlie's hideout
store plaza 2 N of town square 1955–76
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • Star Trek #28
  • Floyd's Barber Shop
  • Still labeled "Floyd's Barber Shop"
depot 1 west of town 1939–71
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Atlanta Railroad Depot
store/cafe 3 SW corner Atlanta/North 1939–76
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Lake & Lewis Hardware
Tara 2 NW portion of backlot 1939–59
  • Gone with the Wind
  • The O'Hara plantation
office 3 NW end of Atlanta St 1939–76
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Star Trek #28
  • Atlanta Examiner
  • where McCoy emerges
cafe 2 S side of Atlanta St 1938–76
  • The Set-Up
  • Star Trek #28
  • Ringside Cafe
  • Walt's Restaurant
hotel 2 SW of town square 1938–76
  • The Long Night
  • The Set-Up
  • Superman
  • Travellers Hotel
  • Bijou Theatre
  • Hotel Silsby / hospital
townhouse 2 top of North St 1950–76
  • Star Trek #21
  • Reger's home
town hall 2 bottom of North St 1950–76
  • One Minute To Zero
  • Star Trek #21
  • Headquarters 5th Air Force
  • "The Red Hour" clock

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