MAIN BARNS


Believed to be the so'called "North" Barn

Built in 1851 on site of ca. 1790 log barn and maybe incor-
porating part of log barn

In 1870 connected to Sheep Barn on north

50 ft. x 175 ft.

Raised July 29, 1850 with the help of 70 brethren, under the
direction of Loren Wicks.
Five years later, at the age of 39, he left the Shakers to
marry one of the girls, aged 18.

Roofed with spruce, sheathed with tin.
Part of roof blew off in 1854.
Flooding around barn in Aug. 1856 washed around some underfooting

Burned in 1916 and rebuilt the same size.




DAIRY/CREAMERY/DRY KILN/HEN HOUSE


Date plaque reads 1856

While there were apparently many different hen house, it is
believed this was one.

Called Creamery by us because, when cleaning it out in the 1980s,
other sub-floorings were found & removed, and eventually
bins along wall into which water had been piped and these,
it is believed, were milk was cooled (by water from Shaker
Creek) before being taken on to the Sisters' Stone Shop
where the dairy was in the basement, reached by a ground level
door on the creek side.

In 1925, when measured drawing made of it (and Shakers were
still in residence) it was identified as Hen House and Dry Kiln