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Shaker Church Family Tailors' Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard

Shaker Church Family Tailors' Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA. Surveyed as HABS MASS,14-HARV,7-, with 1 photograph and a 393-word written history.

From the record

“Shaker Church Family Tailors' Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA”

Survey record header. Machine-read text.

surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS MASS,14-HARV,7- · the record runs 393 words · one of 98 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Shaker Church Family Tailors' Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA, photograph filed with the federal survey

1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.

Present Owner

338 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS MASS,14-HARV,7-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

P r e s e n t m O ccupant : Prese nt Use : Statement of Si gnificance : HABS No. MASS-805 iM-WARV 1- East side of Shaker Road, 1 mile south of State Rt. 2A, approximately 2 miles vest of Worcester- Middlesex County line, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts Erhart and Ruth Muller Seymour Stewart (tenant) Residence This is reputed to have "been the tailoring shop of the Shakers. When acquired by the present owner, there was a small brick oven or stove with a metal top located under the stairs and adjacent to a small door leading to the living room. It was said that this was for the purpose of reaching through to put an iron on the stove. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: Prior to probably 17 Q 8-l8o8. 2. Architect, builder and suppliers: Unknown. 3.

Original and subsequent owners: The Harvard Shakers; the Shakers sold the property to Fiske Warren of Harvard, in who incorporated it into his single-tax Tahanto Enclave; it was then sold to Dr. Benjamin Woodbury; upon Dr. Woodbury's death, his widow sold the property to Erhart and Ruth Muller. k. Alterations and additions: The building was originally located about 100 yards south of its present location, as seen in the plan of the Harvard First Family delineated by George Kendall in July, and was moved to its present site between and B. Historical Events and Persons Connected with the Structure: None known. C. Sources of Information: The building is shown, in its original location, in a plan SHAKER CHURCH FAMILY TAILORS' SHOP HAES No:..

MASS-805 (Page 2) of the Harvard First Family delineated by George Kendall in July, the original is in the Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts and HABS has a photocopy in the files at the Library of Congress, The building is apparently indicated as a shop on a Harvard town map of the map is now located in the Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts. Prepared by Bayard Underwood, AIA Shakerton Foundation, Inc July 3,

In context

Harvard, Massachusetts The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Worcester County, Massachusetts 631 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above.

Also surveyed in Harvard

18 records

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

SheetStructure SurveyReport
"Fruitlands", photograph filed with the federal survey"Fruitlands"HABS MASS,14-HARV,18-1,261 words
Harvard Shaker HouseHABS MASS,14-HARV,19-923 words
Shaker Church Family Square House, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker Church Family Square HouseHABS MASS,14-HARV,6-778 words
Shaker Meetinghouse, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker MeetinghouseHABS MASS,14-HARV,8-480 words
Shaker Church Family Dwelling House (second), photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker Church Family Dwelling House (second)HABS MASS,14-HARV,12-441 words
Shaker Church Family Trustees' Office (second), photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker Church Family Trustees' Office (second)HABS MASS,14-HARV,11-407 words
Shaker Ministry's Shop, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker Ministry's ShopHABS MASS,14-HARV,9-309 words
Shaker South Family Barn, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker South Family BarnHABS MASS,14-HARV,10-258 words
Shaker South Family Shop No. 1, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker South Family Shop No. 1HABS MASS,14-HARV,15-68 words
Shaker South Family Washhouse, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker South Family WashhouseHABS MASS,14-HARV,14-66 words
Shaker South Family Dwelling House, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker South Family Dwelling HouseHABS MASS,14-HARV,13-63 words
Shaker Church Family Herb Drying HouseHABS MASS,14-HARV,3-61 words
Shaker South Family Privy, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker South Family PrivyHABS MASS,14-HARV,17-61 words
Shaker Church Family Barn (Ruins), photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker Church Family Barn (Ruins)HABS MASS,14-HARV,2-59 words
Shaker Family Church, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker Family ChurchHABS MASS,14-HARV,1-52 words
Shaker Holy Hill Outdoor Worship AreaHABS MASS,14-HARV,4-51 words
Shaker North Family Dwelling HouseHABS MASS,14-HARV,5-43 words
Shaker South Family Shop No. 2, photograph filed with the federal surveyShaker South Family Shop No. 2HABS MASS,14-HARV,16-37 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS MASS,14-HARV,7-. 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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