I just spent the whole week in the Redwoods of Northern California and on the way back down to San Francisco, I decided to make a small 1 mile detour out of my way. I stopped in Loleta to visit the (now abandoned) factory that served as the Silver Shamrock Novelties factory in Season of the Witch and snapped some pics while I was there.
Awesome pics, Davy. I’ve always seen pics of people stopping by places from films/TV, but have never done it myself. I’ve driven through areas of Texas that felt and looked like they would’ve belonged in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre or House of a 1000 Corpses.
Thanks for sharing man!
Awesome Davy! That’s the place man! Thanks for sharing
Awesome view
Absolutely,entirely too cool.I would love to visit this area some day.I am green with envy
Great pics and thanks a lot for sharing.
It was a cheese factory. Due to that filming inside with smoke and what not was done in a studio. The owners now use it for storage (trash) and frankly abandoned it pretty much. I know some rich members (fans of H3) could buy it and re do it!!!
Indeed. They moved across the street. The whole street stinks of curdling milk, hence why I only snapped a few pics. I’d have liked to have gotten a few more pics just east of the the buildings (closer to the train tracks), but it’s Fathers Day Weekend and the traffic seemed a bit heavy.
Did the whole town stare at you as you rolled through?
If I stood in the middle of the street snapping pictures at an abandoned factory for any longer they might have.
Tom when I asked about the town he said it was very weird even before the movie and people were creepy. He says it still is from what friends have told him. I hope to visit one day.
You’re in my neck of the woods. I currently live close to San Francisco. Those are killer pictures. So dang cool. Perfect little town and buildings for a fan made horror film.
I don’t think the Shamrock building was ever a cheese factory. The Loleta cheese factory has always been in the little brown building across the street. The Shamrock building was a milk plant at one time.
I also noticed in that last picture you posted you can see that the upper floor collapsed. That building is dead, I don’t think it can be restored at this point.