Shaker Village – Office Shop

Traditionally called the Office Shop, and more recently referred to as the Carpenter’s Shop, this building was built in 1878, and adapted for a residence in the 1930s.

Originally the rear section had carriage bays with large arched doors and a dirt floor to accommodate wagons.  The arched doors still remain on the southeast side of the building.  The interior comprised of a 20’x20′ room on the street side of the first floor.  The front room had a fireplace and wide pine floors. The rear half having a dirt floor, interior privy, and storage for wagons and wood.  Upstairs were two rooms with wooden tongue-and-groove walls and wide pine floors.

Post-Shaker alterations include the casement windows on the south side of the building (1942),  the board-and-batten garage on the northeast corner (1940s), casement windows on the north side of the building (1962), a small storm porch over the northern entryway (1965), and a picture window on the south side which replaced a door and two windows (mirroring the north side of the building – 1962). The barn behind the house is also a non-Shaker addition (1965).

There is a conservation restriction on the 7-acre property that prevents changes to the style or footprint,  or any new structures on the land.