Great Stone Dwelling House
The Great Stone Dwelling houses the gift shop and the primary exhibition space. The dwelling was the largest Shaker dwelling house ever built, and was constructed 1837-1841. The building was designed to house over 150 Shakers. The building was designed by Ammi Burnham Young, designer of the second state capitol in Vermont and later 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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