Shaker architecture
Subtitle: descriptions with photographs and drawings of Shaker buildings at Mount Lebanon, New York, Watervliet, New York, West Pittsfield, Massachusetts
By: William Lawrence Lassiter ; illustrated by Constantine Kermes
Publisher: Bonanza Books
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Copyright date: 1966
Subjects: Shaker architecture; Architecture; Designs and plans
Description: After a brief history of the Shakers, drawings and photographs of the buildings and artifacts subordinate to theirreligious beliefs and established laws are shown and briefly discussed. The architectural designs--which are distinctive--established a style, or a folk art in America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (page 127).
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Margaret Fellows Melcher; title: Introduction; title: Stone barn, North family; title: Dwelling house, North family; title: Laundry building, North family; title: Lumber and grist mill, North family; title: Brethren's red brick shop, North family; title: Meeting house, Church family; title: Ministry's dwelling house, Church family; title: Blacksmith's shop, Church family; title: Shaker school, Church family; title: Sisters' workshop, South family; title: Main dwelling house, West family; title: "Round barn" Hancock Shakers.