The Stone Mill at the Enfield Shaker Museum #2
by Edward Fielding
Title
The Stone Mill at the Enfield Shaker Museum #2
Artist
Edward Fielding
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Note: the watermark in the lower right does not appear in the final print.
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The space inside this building is amazing. The floors are gone. Its now a soaring space three stories high.
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The Stone Mill was constructed in 1849 after its predecessor burned down on the same site. It contained three stories of water powered machinery for a variety of trades.
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When the Shakers settled on the west shore of Mascoma Lake, they called their home the "Chosen Vale." Nestled in a lush valley between Mt. Assurance and Mascoma Lake, it is easy to see why this site has been cherished for two hundred years. Founded in 1793, this village was the 9th of 18 Shaker communities to be established in this country. At its peak in the mid 19th century, the community was home to three "Families" of Shakers. Here, Brothers, Sisters, and children lived, worked, and worshipped. Here, they practiced equality of the sexes and races, celibacy, pacifism, and communal ownership of property. Striving to create a heaven on earth, the Enfield Shakers built more than 200 buildings (including the Great Stone Dwelling, the largest Shaker dwelling ever built), farmed over 3,000 acres of fertile land, educated children in model schools, and followed the "Shaker Way" of worship. This drawing, by Preston Maynard, depicts the community as it looked in the 1880's and was produced as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) that resulted in the placement of the Enfield Shaker Village on the National Register of Historic Places as an Historic Village.
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