World's Largest Chest of Drawers

High Point, North Carolina, United States

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Listed, not yet checked · Oct 2026

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A building on North Hamilton Street in High Point, North Carolina, is faced as a Queen Anne-style chest of drawers with giant socks. Built in 1926 and remodelled in 1996, it is billed as the world's largest and was listed for sale in April 2026.

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Approximate location · 35.956° N, 80.005° W

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High Point calls itself the Furniture Capital of the World, and on North Hamilton Street it has an office building dressed as a chest of drawers. WFMY News 2 described it in April 2026 as a 38-foot-tall roadside landmark; the North Carolina DocSouth project gives 40 feet for the current chest, with six-foot socks hanging from the middle drawer as symbols of the city's hosiery industry.

According to DocSouth, the chest was first built in 1926, sponsored by the High Point Chamber of Commerce. The original measured 32 feet tall, 14 feet deep and 27 feet wide. It carried the nickname “Bureau of Information.” In 1996 it was remodelled at a cost of $100,000 into the Queen Anne-style chest of today, a design DocSouth credits to Sid Lenger. DocSouth lists the materials as plastic over a steel frame.

The chest has been repainted since. Spectrum News reported in 2022 that local artist Brian Davis, who had worked for the company of Lenger, restored it using what he called the exact paint formula Lenger used for the body and refreshed the socks in new colours, including purple for High Point University and pink and blue for the nearby children's museum. He called the result a “re-original.”

Behind the facade is an office building. DocSouth records that it once housed the High Point Jaycees, and WFMY reports that it has housed the Chamber of Commerce and served as a showroom during furniture market events. WFMY reported in April 2026 that the children's museum that bought the property in 2018 had put it up for sale, saying it would keep maintaining the property while a buyer is sought. Heights differ by source: 32 feet for the original, 38 feet in WFMY's 2026 report and 40 feet in DocSouth for the current chest.

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A chest-of-drawers facade with giant socks on the front of an office building. Spectrum News described it in 2022 as free to view. The interior is an office building rather than a visitor attraction, and in April 2026 the property was listed for sale. Access after any sale is unknown.

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508 N. Hamilton Street, High Point, North Carolina, on a public street. The chest is the facade of an office building. WFMY reported in April 2026 that its owner, a children's museum, had listed it for sale.

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