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Bennington, Vermont: World's Tallest Ladderback Chair

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Address:
125 Washington Ave., Bennington, VT
Directions:
From VT-9/Main St. in downtown, turn south at the stoplight onto Washington Ave. Drive one block. You'll see the chair on the right, in front of a bank.
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World's Tallest Ladderback Chair

In 2012 a near-perfect replica of the World's Tallest Ladderback Chair was dedicated in Bennington, 12 years after the original was torn down. Its cane seat was destroyed by thoughtless jerks in 2021.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [09/12/2013]

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World's Tallest Ladderback Chair

Passed by a few days ago. One corner of the seat was down; a product of what looks like weather and rot. It's surrounded by yellow caution tape, so hopefully someone will fix it.

[K And k, 08/06/2021]

The chair was in fact damaged by four jerks who jumped up and down on its cane seat. The town plans to repair it, and arrest the chair-trashers.

Big chair.

World's Tallest Ladderback Chair

It's back! I wanted to update that the chair is still in town, but it has moved. I visited it in August of this year. It sits on the property of a bank.

[Ron Dwan, 01/02/2021]
World's Tallest Ladderback Chair

Sadly the store is closed and the chair is gone. But the town is full of little gems. Moose and tiger statues everywhere, a shark on top of a fish fry restaurant, half cars coming out of the side of buildings...interesting little place.

[Ginger Cameron, 06/24/2018]
World's Largest Ladderback Chair

The World's Largest Ladderback Chair will be auctioned off on March 17, 2018. A local media outlet is raising funds to buy and keep it in Bennington. The GoFundMe page is at gofundme.com/SaveTheBigChair

[Jeffrey Grimshaw, 02/27/2018]

The chair was sold to a local bank, which has promised to keep it in Bennington.


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