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Richland Carrousel Park, 75 N. Main St., Mansfield. 419-522-4223. See What’s Along the Trail to the Renaissance Theatre: ]PP Main & 5th and imagine Brooks with suitcase in hand, trying desperately to cross 5th hello, but he never does. Look for the Shawshank Trail plaque on the bench. Photo Courtesy of Mike McGee St. on his way to the Brewer Hotel. See What’s Along the Trail to Central Park: photo courtesy of Jeff Sprang Photography See What’s Along the Trail to the Haunted Bissman Building: Ed Pickens’ Café on Main, 28 N. Main St., Mansfield. 419-524-2200. See What’s Along the Trail to Buxton: Oak Hill Cottage, 310 Springmill St., Mansfield. 419-524-1765. Ask for their Shawshankwich sandwich! Eatmor Bundt Company, 837 Lexington Ave., Mansfield. 419-525-2868. APE P/a/I<ÀÅËÍÄË Squirrel’s Den, 33 N. Main St., Mansfield. 419-522-9070. Offering the Shawshank bundt cake! Steak & Shake, 119 Stander Ave., Mansfield. 419-756-3804. 1 HISTORIC OHIO STATE REFORMATORY I8P 4$ PI/ a4 Ask for their Shawshank chocolates. Applebee’s, 145 Stander, Mansfield. 419-756-9303. 100 Reformatory Rd., Mansfield. 419-522-2644, ohiostatereformatory.org Athens Greek Restaurant, 41 N. Main St., Mansfield. 419-524-5620. 3 CARROUSEL ANTIQUES Hours: May -September, call for times. Coney Island Inn, 20 S. Park St., Mansfield. 419-525-1406. 118 N. Main St., Mansfield. 419-522-0230, Cost: $9 adults, $5 additional for audio tour guide, $7 for ages 7-17. $7 for ./PU Pa E $]4 I groups of 20 or more. carrouselantiques.com. Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5. '/ (IaY A *]U Directions: From the Haunted Bissman Building, continue 7 RED’S BUS RIDE SHAWSHANK FACT: The Historic Ohio State Reformatory was used as the fictional 5 THE RENAISSANCE south on Main St. Distance from the Haunted Bissman Hagerman Rd. and Rt. 95, Bellville Shawshank State Prison in New England. To see and hear more on The Shawshank THEATRE Redemption, make sure to take the Hollywood Tour - The cell, the warden’s office, Building: .20 miles. Directions: Leaving the corner of Snyder 138 Park Ave. West, Mansfield. and even a replica carving on the ceiling that reads, “Brooks was here. So was SHAWSHANK FACT: As you enter the Historic Carrousel Rd. and Hagerman Rd., turn right onto 419-522-2726, mansfieldtickets.com Red” are on display. Even more amazing is the tunnel that the main character, District, a little more than halfway up Main St. on the left Hagerman Rd. and follow for 1.2 miles Hours: Tues-Fri 10:00 am-5:00 pm. Visit Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), dug. It is about 2 feet in diameter. Chocolate syrup, side of the street, look for Carrousel Antiques. One of their windows was the window to Rt. 95. Stop and look left onto Rt. web site for upcoming shows and times. sawdust, and water were used in the tunnel to mimic an actual sewer pipe. The that Red looked through at the compass that would help him find the Oak Tree. 95 to see where Red rode the bus after hole that Andy dug through his cell wall to escape is also on display. Cost: Donation suggested. being released from prison. Distance See What’s Along the Trail in the Historic Carrousel District: See What’s Along the Trail to the Reformatory: Directions: From North Park St., turn left onto Main St. Get immediately in right lane. Turn from Snyder and Hagerman Rd.: 1.2 Artspace 109, 109 N. Main St., Mansfield. 419-756-2277. Biblewalk, 500 Tingley Ave, Mansfield. 419-524-0139. right onto Park Ave. West. The Renaissance Theatre is on the right, just after the Holiday miles. Cypress Hill Winery, 797 Cypress Dr., Mansfield. 419-295-2124. Olivesburg General Store, 4778 SR 545, Ashland. 419-895-1038 Inn. Parking is behind the Renaissance. Take drive between hotel and theatre. Distance from Ask about their Reformatory Red Wine. SHAWSHANK FACT: Rt. 95 is the Ask about Shawshank sundae, see the original ceiling lights from the movie. Central Park: .30 miles Elements of Art, 96 N. Main St., Mansfield. 419-522-2965. location where Red rode the bus after Sit in the very same seats where the premier of Shawshank Relax, It’s Just Coffee, 105 N. Main St., Mansfield.419-522-1521. SHAWSHANK FACT: being released from the Shawshank Redemption was shown on Tuesday, September 13, 1994. Photo Courtesy of Mike McGee State Prison. Indicates Historic Lincoln Highway. Ask about their Shawshank coffee. ShawshankTrail.com ShawshankTrail.com The Shawshank Trail Drive-it-Yourself Tour Directions: Continue on Pleasant Valley Rd. Turn left at the first road which is Bromfield Rd. Shawshank Fact: “Casco Bank of Portland”, actually Huntington National Bank in becomes Rt. 42 south. Follow Rt. 42 south to Rt. 30. Take Rt. 30 west and travel towards 4)/P P$P ] Make an immediate right at the next road to the Visitors Center. Check in to the Visitors Center Ashland, Ohio, is where Andy visits near the end of the movie. He walks into the bank Upper Sandusky. Exit Wyandot Ave. East and turn left, heading west. Left onto S. Sandusky 0]PaUP E for a tour of Malabar Farm: .4 miles. and says he’s Peter Stevens, a name up until now had only existed on paper. He had Ave. Courthouse is on the corner of Wyandot and Sandusky Streets on the left. Parking on come to close his accounts. He visits a dozen banks throughout the day leaving with either side of street. Use Sandusky St. entrance. Court room is on second floor. Distance from 8 OAK TREE Shawshank Fact: James Whitmore (Brooks) and Clancy Brown (Captain Hadley) were Warden Norton’s money in the sum of $370,000. Revivals Two Thrift Store: 57.30 miles. Please note the famous oak taken on a tour of the Big House at Malabar Farm by local tour guides. On the farm is tree was damaged by high the best location to view the Oak Tree. Pugh Cabin is within the park. Before Andy leaves, he hands the teller a letter addressed to the Portland Daily Bugle Shawshank Fact: The Wyandot County Courthouse is the location where Andy containing the black ledger and files of Warden Norton, which would make breaking Dufresne (Tim Robbins) was convicted and sentenced for the murder of his wife and winds on July 29, 2011. You can tour the 32 room home of Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize winning author. A news the next day. The vault door and an office upstairs were a part of this film. her lover. Only half of the tree proudly five-minute promo video of Shawshank Redemption can be shown at Malabar Farm remains standing. State Park upon request. See What’s Along the Trail to Huntington National Bank: See What’s Along the Trail between Mansfield and Wyandot County Courthouse: Directions: From the corner of Hagerman Road Charles Mill Lake Park and Marina, 1271 SR 430, Mansfield & 1277 SR 430. and Rt. 95, turn left onto Rt. 95 and travel to Rt. 603. Turn left onto Rt. 603. Make the ÅÌ*A4 ]94P] 419-368-6885 & 419-368-5951. Quality Inn & Suites Mansfield, 500 N. Trimble Rd., Mansfield. 419-529-1000. first left onto Pleasant Valley Road. The oak tree will be approximately .8 miles on the Ask about their Shawshank package. 10 PUGH CABIN AT right on Pleasant Valley Rd. Distance from Hagerman Rd. and Rt. 95: 4.2 miles. Kingwood Center, 900 Park Ave. West, Mansfield. 419-522-0211. MALABAR FARM 0P]1IP<' a Panera Bread, 2070 Walker Lake Rd., Mansfield. 419-774-9700. Shawshank Fact: The road that Red traveled when he was looking for Andy’s Hours: Contact Park Office at Skyline Chili, 1320 Lexington-Springmill, Mansfield. 419-747-3929. treasure was supposed to be in New England but it is really on Pleasant Valley 12 REVIVALS TWO THRIFT STORE 419-892-2784 Richland Mall, 2209 Richland Mall, Mansfield. 419-529-4003. Road in Lucas, Ohio near Malabar Farm State Park. As you drive west along Cost: Visit the Gift Shop office 345 Orange St., Ashland, 419-207-3900, Cooper’s Mill, 1414 N. Sandusky Ave., Bucyrus. 419-562-4215. Pleasant Valley Road look to your right (north side of Pleasant Valley Road) to see for rental of Pugh Cabin pumphouseministries.com. Jones Potato Chip Co., 823 Bowman St., Mansfield. 419-529-9424. the famous oak tree where Red walked along a hay field and removed stones from Directions: Leave Visitors Center, Directions: Leaving the parking lot on Orange St., a rock wall where Andy kept a gift for Red. turn right onto Bromfield Rd., travel 2 blocks north. Revivals Two Thrift Store ADVISORY: As the oak tree is on private property and is currently being used as (P"]AAP ]/ 4]4aPI pass Malabar Farm Hostelling will be on right. Parking lot is just after Revivals. farmland, please respect the owner’s property and land by not trespassing. Please International on the right. Pass pond on left. Turn left at next dirt road. Follow the dirt road Distance from Huntington National Bank: 14 SHAWSHANK do not stop on the road to view the tree. The tree is best viewed on Malabar Farm’s back to Pugh Cabin, which is on the right at the top of the hill. Check with Malabar Farm staff .20 miles WOODSHOP property just across the road on the left in the pull-off area. at the Visitors Center before driving up to Pugh Cabin. Distance: .4 miles. Shawshank Fact: Red, Morgan Freeman, is seen in the movie standing in a long line 228 S. Eighth St., Upper See What’s Along the Trail to the Oak Tree: Shawshank Fact: In the opening scenes of “The Shawshank Redemption,” of people waiting to purchase a ticket for a bus ride at the Trailways Bus Station. As Sandusky. 419-835-5163, Malabar Farm Restaurant, 3645 Pleasant Valley Rd., Perrysville. 419-938-5205. Andy Dufresne is sitting in his car, drinking, and handling a revolver the night that he he steps up to the counter, he asks for a ticket to Fort Hancock, Texas. The Revivals Two ask for Bill Mullen Possum Run Greenhouse, 5384 Possum Run Rd., Bellville. 419-892-2770. caught his wife cheating. He is convicted of two life sentences for the murder of his Thrift Store, located in Ashland, Ohio was used as the Trailways Bus Station. Hours: Open by appointment TheShawshankOakTree.com (web store) wife and her lover. with advanced notice. 7 4A 7 4A 7 4A Directions: Leaving Wyandot ]I 4 $P]:4I I; ]a '/ 1PAA PP*PII 4PI 13 THE WYANDOT COUNTY County Courthouse, head south 11 HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK COURTHOUSE Photo Courtesy of Dennis Barnes on Sandusky Ave. Get in right lane. Turn right onto Johnson St. 19 W. Main St., Ashland, visitashlandohio.com 109 S. Sandusky Ave., Upper Sandusky. heading west. Continue two blocks. Turn left onto South 8th St. Continue one block and 419-835-5163, ask for Bill Mullen Drive by only. The bank is closed to the public. the woodshop is on the right (west) side by the railroad tracks in a brick building. Distance 419-294-3836 (Commissioners) from Wyandot County Courthouse: .30 miles Directions: Turn right out of the entrance of Malabar Hours: Monday-Friday, 9-5 pm. Farm onto Pleasant Valley Rd. Turn right and continue Please ask permission of an employee Shawshank Fact: The Shawshank Woodshop is the scene from the movie whenever heading east on Pleasant Valley Rd. just past before taking photos or walking through anyone of the prison actors was working in the prison workshop. Malabar Farm Restaurant on the left. Turn left onto this historic Courthouse. The primary scene is when Red (Morgan Freeman) and the rest of the prisoners stop Rt. 603 north. Follow Rt. 603 north through Mifflin their work to listen to the opera music when Andy (Tim Robbins) locks himself in the Photo of Jim Kisicki, movie bank manager and continue. Turn right onto Rt. 42 north towards Directions: Leaving Revivals Two Thrift warden’s office and plays Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” over the public address Ashland, get in the left lane. Make a slight left onto Claremont Ave. Follow into downtown Store, go south on Orange St. Turn right 9 MALABAR FARM STATE PARK system. Ashland. Make a sharp right onto Rt. 250 east (Main St.). Go 2 blocks, Huntington onto West Third St. Left onto Rt. 250/ 4050 Bromfield Rd., Lucas. 419-892-2784, malabarfarm.org Cottage St., get in center lane. Stay straight National Bank will be on the right, and turn left onto Orange St. to park. Distance from the Visit the Shawshank Trail on Facebook to follow current updates Hours: House tours: call for hours. Cost: $4.00 adults, $2.00 children (6-18), Pugh Cabin: 19 miles onto Claremont Ave. Claremont Ave. seniors $3.60. Wagon tours $2.00 adults/children, $1.80 seniors, under 6 free. Photo Courtesy of Dennis Barnes and discover newest finds (along with related items and goodies). Downtown Mansfield Map AWARDS/NOMINATIONS/FACTS Mansfield Area Map AshlandAshland MapMap S. R. 96 S Surrey Rd. S. R. 96 .R. 96 U. • The majority of the movie was filmed 12 Orange St. W. 4th St. in Mansfield, Ohio with scenes from OLIVESBURGS.R. 58 ASHLAND 6th St. S. R. 96 ganges-five points rd 12 C the U.S. Virgin Islands, Ashland, Ohio, $ W. 3rd St. 11 Main St./SR13 S $ I-71 To Butler, Ohio, and Upper Sandusky, S. R. 13 N. Main St. Walnut St. Walnut 2 5th St.$ S. R. 39 Ohio. EPWORTHW. 2nd St. 3 4 Bowman St Diamond St. Adams St. Mulberry St. Bowman St. SHELBY S. R. 603 R. S. • The original story, Rita Hayworth and 4th St. 250 S.R. Orange St. Center St. Center U. S. 42 Shawshank Redemption, was written Rd. Trimble W. Dickson Ave. E. Dickson Ave S. R. 545TO MANSFIELD 11 Main St./S.R. 250 Franklin Ave. by Stephen King. 3rd St. U. S. 42 Waring Ave. • Roger Ebert, a respected film critic, 5 AIRPORT 71 S.R. 60 1.5 Miles N. Park listed The Shawshank Redemption on Park Ave. West $ 4 Park Ave. East $ his “Great Movies” list in 1999. $ S. Park Luther Pl. S. R. 13 Marion MANSFIELD • Although The Shawshank Redemption Ave. 2nd St. Brinkerhoff t. To W was only a modest box office hit, it has S Marshall Ave 1 30 become one of the most successful Upper Sandusky Map To Bucyrus 30 N. Main St. U. S. 30 W. 4th St. MIFFLIN video and DVD rentals of all time. $ U. S. 30-A ave 5th $ ONTARIO $ • Academy Award Nomination for Best To Galion $ $ S. R. 430 S. R. 309 newman St. $ bowman St. Actor - Morgan Freeman. Park Ave. West $ $ Mans-Lucas Rd. fiel ns d a • Golden Globe Nomination for Best Millsboro Rd. M R i Performance by an Actor in a Motion c S. R. 314 R. S. Home Rd. U. $S. 42 h E. Wyandot Ave. $ l S. R. 39 a Picture (Drama) – Morgan Freeman. S. 8th St. n d y $ t Trimble Rd. C n o u 13 Rd. Lex-Ontario • Though nominated for seven Oscars, U.S. 30 Lex-Springmill Rd. Logan Rd. S. Sandusky Ave. including Best Picture, this fan favorite Marion Ave. $ Johnson St. TO MANSFIELD S. R. 39 14 Cook Rd. Straub Rd. did not find its audience until it was S. R. 97 released on home video just shy of the W. Hicks St. Hanley Rd. LUCAS Hanley Rd.$ Academy Awards ceremony. $ Pleasant Valley Rd. • The pictures of the young-looking Steam Corners Rd. $ S. R. 603 Morgan Freeman attached to his S. R. 314 LEXINGTON $ S. R. 97 parole papers in the movie are actually PERRYSVILLE Kings Corners Rd. S. Rd. Washington 8 S. R. 39 pictures of Morgan Freeman’s son U.S. 42 Possum Run Rd. S. R. 95 Alfonso Freeman. 9 • When Tommy Williams (played by Gil S. R. 13 10 S. R. 546 BELLVILLE Bellows) is on the bus, the man seated To Columbus behind him is Dennis Baker, former 71 Goon Rd. warden at the Ohio State Reformatory. 6 7 LOUDO S. R. 95 • The Internet Movie Database fans S. 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