Silver Spring Historical Society members have measured the historic acorn gazebo in Acorn Urban Park (8075 Newell St) in Silver Spring, MD, determining it surpasses Oak Hill, Ohio’s recently erected acorn statue, which measures 12 feet in diameter and 15 ½ feet in height, and was promoted as the world’s largest acorn display. Built in 1850 by Silver Spring founder Francis Preston Blair, the structure measures 14.058 feet in diameter and 17 feet ¾ inches in height, exceeding Oak Hill’s by over two inches in diameter and more than two feet in height.
Courtesy of the Silver Spring Historical Society: “Members of The Silver Spring Historical Society gathered yesterday in Acorn Park to measure the historic acorn gazebo on display at this location since 1850, declaring it the world’s largest acorn.
Silver Spring Historical Society Founder and President Jerry McCoy became curious when he stumbled upon an article in the Columbus Navigator about the village of Oak Hill, Ohio (link) claiming that their newly erected acorn statue, with a diameter of 12 feet and height of 15 ½ inches, was the world’s largest acorn display. McCoy began to wonder how big Silver Spring’s acorn statue was…