Shaker Water Tower Building, U.S. Route 68, Shakertown

Shaker Water Tower Building, U.S. Route 68, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY. Surveyed as HABS KY,84-SHAKT,10-, with a 74-word written history.

From the record

“Shaker Water Tower Building, U.S. Route 68, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY”
Survey record header. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS KY,84-SHAKT,10- · the record runs 74 words · one of 38 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

In context

Shakertown, Kentucky	The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Mercer County, Kentucky	38 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record	The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Shakertown

24 of 27 records shown

The federal surveyors worked through Shakertown building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

Structure	Survey	Report
Shaker East Family Dwelling House	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,1-	634 words
Shaker East Family Sisters' Shop	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,15-	183 words
Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third)	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,2-	173 words
Shaker East Family Brethren's Shop	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,8-	153 words
Shaker West Family Sisters' Shop	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,6-	145 words
Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,7-	143 words
Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (First)	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,3-	142 words
Shaker West Family Dwelling House (First)	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,16-	142 words
Shaker West Family Dwelling House (Second)	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,17-	142 words
Shaker Ministry's Shop (Second)	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,23-	141 words
Shaker Cooper Shop	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,9-	135 words
Shaker Meetinghouse	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,4-	127 words
Shaker West Family Wash House	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,20-	120 words
Shaker East Family Wash House	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,14-	115 words
Shaker North Family Dwelling House	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,27-	106 words
Shaker Blacksmith's Shop & Carpenter's Shop	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,5-	84 words
First Shaker Ministry Shop	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,24-	81 words
Shaker Centre Family Tan Yard	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,25-	69 words
Shaker West Family Preserve House	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,11-	53 words
Shaker West Family Drying House	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,22-	49 words
Shaker West Family Privy	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,21-	41 words
Barn	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,13-	39 words
Men's Shower	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,19-	37 words
Shaker Smoke House	HABS KY,84-SHAKT,12-	36 words

Provenance

Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS KY,84-SHAKT,10-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
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