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| Landmark #24-79 | Tuscarawas County | Visited: September 02, 2019 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | This giant cuckoo clock is the largest in America, formerly in the world! |
| What makes it historical? | THE SIGN SAYS: The Alpine Alpa restaurant in Wilmot, Ohio commissioned clockmaker Karl Schleutermann to build the world’s largest cuckoo clock in 1963. Twelve years and $50,000 later, the enormous outdoor clock was finished. It was featured on the cover of the “Guinness Book of World Records” in 1978. After exposure to Ohio’s weather for 30 years, Hampton Hotel’s “Save-A-Landmark” program helped to restore the cuckoo clock to operating condition in 2007. The restaurant closed two years later, and the owner of the local store Walnut Creek Cheese purchased the clock and donated it to the Village of Sugarcreek. The clock was moved to its new home in May 2012. Village leaders and community members returned the clock to working condition and placed it on display for all to enjoy.
OTHER TIDBITS: This was the largest clock in the world until 1997 when the title went to the clock of Eble Uhren-Park in Triberg, Germany, which is so big that you can walk inside it! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| How do I find it? | Listed Directions: 103 E Main Street Sugarcreek, OH 44681 Annotations: From Cincinnati: ~207mi (334km) — 3.5hrs |
| When should I go? | To see this clock’s whimsical band and dancers in action, show up just before the top of the hour. It runs all day, so if you miss a show, come back the next hour! |
