Shelter from the Storm
by Edward Fielding
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Shelter from the Storm
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Edward Fielding
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Photograph - Photography
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note: the watermark in the lower right does not appear in the final print.
Shelter from the Storm - a colonial period, Shaker build home during a winter blizzard snow storm. Fine art photography by Edward M. Fielding - www.edwardfielding.com
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Imagine how many long cold New Hampshire winters this old colonial style Shaker built house has stood and endured?
The Shakers, or United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, settled on the site in 1793 along Lake Mascoma on up to 1,200 acres (490 ha).A meetinghouse was built May 1793 and a residential building was constructed in 1794.[6] Subsequent buildings were made of granite with advanced stone masonry techniques, which was revolutionary for that time period. There were 132 members of the village by 1803, and by 1840 there were nearly 300 people.
Within the village was the largest Shaker dwelling and the largest residential dwelling north of Boston, the Great Stone Building. Built from 1837 to 1841 for the Church Family, it had four full stories and a total of six stories. Men and women lived in the building, but entered doors specific for their gender to separate quarters. It was designed by Ammi Burnham Young, who created the designs for the second state capitol in Vermont and was the first supervising architect for the United States Treasury. The granite stonework on the exterior and the slate roof were constructed by stonemasons from Boston. The Shaker brothers constructed the rest of the building themselves.
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