Vollis Simpson's Whirligigs

artist: Vollis Simpson (1919 - 2013)
built: 1986 - c. 2000
where: From the original location in Lucama, North Carolina, the whirligigs have been restored and relocated to Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, 301 Goldsboro Street South, Wilson, North Carolina
status: always visible
Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park web info
more web info
2022 documentary Changes in the Wind


larger, higher resolution version of these photos on Flickr


Spring 2007 visit













Mr. Vollis Simpson and Susanne Theis,
founding director of the The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art



Spring 1996 visit






Mr. Vollis Simpson


all photos copyright Lawrence Harris


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