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BY KAMERYN GRIESSER
Star Hill Ranch hosts a number of di erent types of events, including weddings.
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West Lake Hills native Adam Woolley began creating Star Hill Ranch in 1998.
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Historic town replica becomes movie set, event venue
The Biergarten is a covered outdoor space with bar seating.
and a lm set for popular TV shows, such as “Fear the Walking Dead.” Woolley created the town by relocating and restoring old buildings from throughout Central Texas. The property has chapels, school houses, a barn, old homes from downtown Austin and even Bee Cave’s rst post o ce. Quote of note “Even though we’ve seen a lot of new devel- opment here in Bee Cave over the years, I think people still love to come here and feel like they are in a simpler time where the buildings are smaller and more human sized. It’s really comforting,” Woolley said.
West Lake Hills native Adam Woolley always wanted to be in the lm industry. He even remem- bers collecting his rst movie props when he was just 9 years old. Now, in the heart of Bee Cave, Woolley owns one of the largest lm prop houses in the country that sits on Star Hill Ranch—a 31-acre historic town replication and event venue. The overview Visiting Star Hill Ranch can feel like stepping into the distant past of horse-drawn wagons, dirt roads and saloons, Woolley said. Since purchasing the property in 1998, the ranch has become a destination for thousands of wed- dings, events such as the Texas Whiskey Festival,
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