#68584: World's Largest Stove

Carved in oak but painted to look like metal, this huge stove was one called the largest in the world. It was exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and was a copy of a "Garland" model kitchen range built by the Michigan Stove Company. It was 25 feet high, 30 feet long, and 20 feet wide. In 1974 the stove was disassembled and the pieces placed in storage at the Fort Wayne Military Museum