Raised, razed, and raised again :the Shaker meetinghouse at Enfield, New Hampshire, 1793-1902: Historical New Hampshire / Robert P. Emlen.

Title:

Raised, razed, and raised again :the Shaker meetinghouse at Enfield, New Hampshire, 1793-1902: Historical New Hampshire / Robert P. Emlen.

Author:

Emlen, Robert P.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1975.

Physical Description:

p. [132]-140 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1969 Vol. 30, no. 3 (fall 1975) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The Shaker meetinghouse at Enfield, New Hampshire, was "the eighth of ten remarkable meetinghouses." Designed and framed by Brother Moses Johnson, master builder, it was altered in 1815 to provide more space. When membership in the community declined after the 1850's the old church became less important, and from 1889 ceased to be used on a regular basis. In 1902 Annetta and Louis Saint-Gaudens purchased the structure, dismantled it, and had it erected, with modifications, at Cornish, New Hampshire, where it still stands, as the Saint-Gaudens' National Historic Site.

Subjects:

Church buildings New Hampshire Enfield. , Historic buildings New Hampshire Cornish (Town)

Locations:

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site (Cornish, N.H.)

Organizations:

Shakers New Hampshire Enfield.

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