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Shakers South Family Stone Barn
The Shaker Stone Barn was built in 1835. Located at 101 South Shaker Road, the barn is now a ruin, but some of its most significant and striking masonry features still remain.
The South Family Stone Barn on South Shaker Road was built in 1835, adjacent to the South Family complex. The barn was designed for efficiency, like most Shaker buildings, with a ramp that allowed wagons to be driven directly to the upper level to be unloaded and with arches to allow easy wagon access to the lowest level. Money earned from the sale of turkey feather fans was used to build the barn, and Shaker journals record the gift of 30,000 white pine shingles for the roof from two New Hampshire Shaker Villages. The building suffered from roof damage and structural collapse before 1974. The partial east end wall, the graceful arch, and the ramp are still visible today.
South Shaker Stone barn, now a ruin.
