<P> For the 1939 motion picture , the home was constructed by art director Lyle Wheeler . After filming concluded , the façade of Tara sat on the Forty Acres backlot owned by RKO Pictures and then Desilu Productions . The Tara house façade looks very similar to the home of Barbara Stanwyck 's character Victoria Barkey in the CBS series The Big Valley . That set was built on the Republic studio lot in Encino for the John Wayne movie , `` The Fighting Kentuckian . '' In 1959 , Southern Attractions , Inc. purchased the façade , which was dismantled and shipped to Georgia with plans to relocate it to the Atlanta area as a tourist attraction . Producer David O. Selznick commented at the time , </P>
<P> For the 1939 motion picture , the home was constructed by art director Lyle Wheeler . After filming concluded , the façade of Tara sat on the Forty Acres backlot owned by RKO Pictures and then Desilu Productions . The Tara house façade looks very similar to the home of Barbara Stanwyck 's character Victoria Barkey in the CBS series The Big Valley . That set was built on the Republic studio lot in Encino for the John Wayne movie , `` The Fighting Kentuckian . '' In 1959 , Southern Attractions , Inc. purchased the façade , which was dismantled and shipped to Georgia with plans to relocate it to the Atlanta area as a tourist attraction . Producer David O. Selznick commented at the time , </P>
where was tara in gone with the wind filmed
where was tara in gone with the wind filmed
Forty Acres backlot
Forty Acres backlot