Released in 1939, "Gone With the Wind" remains one of the finest films produced in Hollywood.  Producer David O'Selznick was determined to depict the "old south" as authentically as possible.  Many scenes in the film have become so totally etched in our memory that we tend to think of them as being real.  Such is the case with the various exterior sets used in the film.  These architectural designs are as important to the movie as any major character.  And like the characters in the story, this architecture existed only in the minds of author Margaret Mitchell and Hollywood art director Lyle R. Wheeler.

This miniature depicts 4 of the important sets from "Gone With the Wind".  Of course, the most important is "Tara", the O'hara family home.  Second to that would be "Twelve Oaks", the home of Asley Wilkes.  And then there is Aunt Pittypat's home in Atlanta where Melanie's baby was born.  Finally there is the "Frank Kennedy Company" store which will become instrumental in helping Scarlett save her beloved Tara.  Each building is depicted as it might have been used in the movie, that is, simply as a false front which is open at the rear.