Members of the nation's last living Shaker community have arranged to forever protect their land and historic buildings through the sale of conservation and preservation easements to two New ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is the second half of the 19th century, and there were great changes for the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second ...
Shaker believers in Mercer County began dismantling a frame house on December 16, 1816, to build a new dwelling about a mile northeast of their village centre. The move was deliberate. The Shaker ...
Sister April Baxter, the newest Shaker, sits on the benches in the Dwelling House Chapel where Sunday Meeting is held. Credit: Esta Pratt-Kielley / Maine Public With its historic buildings and working ...
“Put your hands to work and your hearts to God” was the maxim enjoined upon that curious Protestant sect known as the Shakers by their founder, Mother Ann Lee. An English mill-hand, Mother Ann founded ...
It is the second half of the 19th century, and there were great changes for the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. If you are not familiar with that name, you might be more ...