Fayetteville, North Carolina: Big Ape (Gone)

Ape statue perched on the platform of a store sign. Saved from destruction, now in the private clubhouse of a local motorcycle club.

Directions:: I-95 to Eastern Blvd. exit. right on Grove Street. Right on Bragg Blvd. Follow signs for Ft. Bragg. Ape is on right.
Hours:: Sept. 2010 - Reported gone.
Status:: Gone

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Big Ape

Unfortunately the Big Ape is gone. The owners sold the Ape to a motorcycle club with the agreement that he would be shown at parades, events, etc...While not at an event the Big Ape is in the clubhouse, unseen by the public.

[Jay, 09/01/2010]

Ape on a sign.

Big Ape

There is a big ape on a sign right near where Bragg Blvd crosses onto Fort Bragg. I don't know if I'd describe it as gigantic. I've driven past it for years and I remember it being bigger too. But as I stopped to take a picture I see that it's only about 6 feet tall. The ape's days may be numbered as a new interstate by-pass will be coming through. The store and property are for sale and I hear a McDonald's may be built on this site. So get out and see the ape while you can!

[John Reidy, 04/03/2010]

It's the loneliest ape in Fayetteville. That statue type is somewhat common and modestly sized, but this monkey's blown-out sign perch is amusing.

Big Ape

Gigantic black ape statue atop a tall sign post for a car sound and stereo place on Bragg Blvd., in between Ft. Bragg and Fayetteville, NC. Has been up since the early '60s, I think, along with the numerous old pawn shop balls and spires of that time period, which run up and down Fayetteville's Bragg Blvd.

[Christina, 05/19/2005]