Henry Warren, Shangri-La (a.k.a White Rock Village)
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Location:
Hightowers, North Carolina, USA (Map)
Status:
Extant
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Built:
1968 to 1977
Materials:
arrowheads, concrete, rock
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Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford
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About the Artist/Site
Around 1968, retired tobacco farmer Henry Warren began creating an art environment along Route 86, in the small North Carolina town of Prospect Hill. He started out with little more than an idea to make a miniature building, but he was inspired by the project and encouraged by his neighbors to build more. Using white flint rock and concrete he mixed in a wheelbarrow, and working almost every day for the next 9 years of his life, Warren created a miniature city he called Shangri-La.
He adopted the name from James’ Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon, in which the author describes a kind of earthly utopia. Warren’s little city consisted of nearly 30 buildings, including the Dew Drop Inn, the Little Brown Church in the Dell, the White Rock Motel, and the Rocky Theatre—all encrusted with arrowheads, colored tile, costume jewelry, colored glass, and other found objects he found at flea markets and thrift stores. He also embedded over 11,000 stone arrowheads into the walkway leading to his home.
After Warren’s death, his wife and sister maintained Shangri-La. It is in deteriorating condition today, but still viewable from old Route 86, about 3 miles south of the intersection of Route 119 in Prospect Hill.
~John Foster
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Map and site information
Not Exact Address
Hightowers, North Carolina, United States
Latitude/Longitude: 36.248047 / -79.190385
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