Franklin, Indiana: Big John: Former World's Largest Rocking Chair
A furniture store went big with a towering chest of drawers and an equally scaled giant rocking chair. The drawers burnt in around 2013, but the chair rocks on.
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Someone reported the giant furniture at Long's Furniture World gone in July '09. I drove past them today and happily report that the store is still there and open, and Big John and the giant dresser is still there!
[lbrown, 10/20/2009]Along highway 31 north of Edinburgh you'll pass a furniture store and see a giant rocking chair. It's name is Big John. The store also has a giant dresser in front of it. If you like big things, you need to see them!
[lbrown, 06/14/2008]
Our destination was the small town of Amity, just south of Franklin, IN, to see the largest rocking chair in the world, which is located at Long's Furniture. A sign promotes it as "Home of the World's Largest Rocking Chair."
There's also a large dresser on the front of the Long's Furniture World building.
[Sumoflam, 10/17/2007]
A large dresser on the front of the Long's Furniture World building is companion to the World's Largest Rocking Chair.
[Sumoflam, 10/17/2007]
Giant chest of drawers is the entrance to a furniture store. The rocking chair is next to the building.
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Big John: Former World's Largest Rocking Chair
Long's Furniture World
- Address:
- 4108 US-31 S., Franklin, IN
- Directions:
- From Indianapolis take I-65 south to the Franklin exit. Follow Hwy 44 to US Hwy 31 and drive south, about eight miles, to the town of Amity. A couple of miles from the Amity sign is Long's Furniture World and the rocking chair on the right (just south of CR 400 S.).
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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