Shaker Schoolhouse
by Jeff Heimlich
Title
Shaker Schoolhouse
Artist
Jeff Heimlich
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Canterbury Shaker Village is a historic site and museum in Canterbury, New Hampshire, United States. It was one of a number of Shaker communities founded in the 19th century.
It is one of the most intact and authentic surviving Shaker community sites, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.
The site is operated by a non-profit organization established in 1969 to preserve the heritage of the Canterbury Shakers. Canterbury Shaker Village is an internationally known, non-profit museum and historic site with 25 original Shaker buildings, four reconstructed Shaker buildings and 694 acres (2.81 km2) of forests, fields, gardens and mill ponds under permanent conservation easement. Canterbury Shaker Village "is dedicated to preserving the 200-year legacy of the Canterbury Shakers and to providing a place for learning, reflection and renewal of the human spirit."[6]
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July 19th, 2016
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “New England Photographers Photographing New England” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 September: Stunning Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If enabled, this image will be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! (September 26, 2018)
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