World's Largest Porch Swing

Hebron, Nebraska, United States

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A covered porch swing in Roosevelt Park, Hebron, Nebraska, billed by the town as the world's largest covered porch swing; Visit Nebraska calls it “one of” the largest. Visit Nebraska gives its seat as 32 feet long and dates it to 1985; it moved to the park in 1991.

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World's Largest Porch Swing

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Approximate location · 40.163° N, 97.588° W

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Hebron, Nebraska, built an oversized porch swing to draw visitors, and the town still lists it as a park attraction.

A local committee set out to unseat Seward as Nebraska’s Fourth of July city, according to the town’s own account, and settled on a swing as the way to do it. Visit Nebraska dates the swing to 1985. Its frame came from a section of obsolete centre-pivot irrigation equipment, the town says. One committee chair told the town that the swing cost $240 to build, with donated parts and labour, and that it was good advertising for the money.

The swing was moved to Roosevelt Park in 1991 from the Civilian Conservation Corps camp, the town says. A sign at the swing, written by a local writer, records the committee’s plot against Seward. The sign’s author reported finding no porch-swing category on the Guinness website and concluded: “Until somebody comes forward with proof that a bigger one exists, I think that we still hold the record for the World’s Largest Porch Swing.” A 2017 KOLN report said the swing was covered because someone in Louisiana had built a bigger one.

How many people it holds depends on the source. Visit Nebraska gives a seat 32 feet long, said to be long enough for 24 children or 18 adults. The town’s park page lists it as seating 16 adults, and its history describes the aim of supporting a seat for 32 people.

In 2016 a proclamation signed by Governor Pete Ricketts named Hebron “Nebraska’s Porch Swing Capital”, the town says.

The swing stands in Roosevelt Park, which the town lists with a picnic shelter, a playground and public restrooms at the fire hall.

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A covered swing in Roosevelt Park, a town park with a picnic shelter, picnic tables and playground; the town lists public restrooms at the fire hall. Capacity is given variously as 16 adults (town) or 18 adults or 24 children (Visit Nebraska).

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Roosevelt Park, Jefferson Avenue and 4th Street, Hebron, Nebraska, per the town; Visit Nebraska lists 5th Street and Jefferson Avenue. It is in a town park.

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