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Big Duck

Sears-Bellows Pond County Park
Flanders, Suffolk County, New York
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The Big Duck was constructed in the 1930s to help its owner's duck farming business.
Photo: National Park Service Public Domain

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The Big Duck was an advertising gimmick built by a farmer to sell duck eggs and other poultry. The building has been moved several times and is now located between Flanders and Hampton Bays on Long Island.
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Landmark Trivia

  • The Big Duck is 18 feet wide, 30 feet long and 20 feet tall.
  • The Big Duck may have been influential in the field of architecture. Any structure that is shaped like the product sold in it is called a "duck."
  • The building is made mostly of wood, wire mesh and cement.
  • The duck was built by Martin Maurer to sell his ducks and their eggs.
  • This particular duck is a Pekin Duck.

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