Shakertown Road, Burgin CCD, KY 40330
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Nearest Named Buildings
- Trustees’ Office 1839 - 3901 m
The Trustees were the legal and financial leaders of the community, and this building served as their office. It also provided overnight lodging to visiting Shakers and people from the “world.” - Ministry’s Workshop 1821 - 3848 m
Here the Ministry, the two men and two women who were the spiritual and administrative leaders of the village, did most of their work. - Post Office 1848 - 3955 m
The second building used as a post office, here both Shakers and local area residents mailed and received letters and packages. - East Family Dwelling 1817 - 4119 m
The society was divided into five communal families, numbering from 50 to 100 members. Every family had its own dwelling house, shops, barns, gardens and orchards. - East Family Sisters’ Shop 1855 - 4183 m
Sisters’ work, including sewing, spinning and weaving with wool, cotton, silk and flax fibers, took place here. A loom house used to stand in front—the sidewalk is still evident today. - Meeting House 1820 - 3820 m
As the spiritual center of the community, this building housed worship services, which included the shaking, whirling dances giving the Shakers their name. Apartments for the Ministry were on the second floor. - Carriage House 1835 - 3698 m
One of the primary modes of transportation used by the Shakers was horse-drawn wagons, carts and carriages. This building was used to store these for the Centre Family and was originally larger. - Carpenters’ Shop 1815 - 3662 m
First occupied as a smith and wagon makers’ shop, this building became a carpenters’ shop in 1843. The roof burned in 1855, and the south end was rebuilt and completed in 1870. - Farm Deacon’s Shop 1809 - 3767 m
The first permanent structure in the Village, this building was constructed to house the ministry and Centre Family. Then, it was used as a tavern for the “accommodation of wayfarers,” and later as a shop and residence for the farm deacon. - East Family Brethren’s Shop 1845 - 4069 m
Used by the East Family brothers as a woodworking shop, here they made furniture and other wooden objects, such as pegs, that were needed throughout the Village. - Old Stone Shop 1811 - 3649 m
Although this building served a variety of functions over the years, one of its most notable uses was that of Dr. William Pennebaker’s medical office in his later years. - Centre Family Dwelling - 3891 m
The main dwelling buildings were named by their location—these Shakers making up the Centre “family.” Up to 100 members lived as brothers and sisters on opposite sides of this building, which contained 14 bedrooms, kitchens, a dining room, ... - West Family Dwelling 1821 - 3621 m
The main dwelling house for the West Family, this building was used primarily for eating and sleeping. Most of the day-to-day activities were performed in other buildings scattered around the dwelling. - Corn Crib 1854 - 3485 m
Corn cribs were designed to store and dry corn. They typically have slats in the walls to allow air to circulate through the corn, and this Shaker example adheres to this common American design. - Water House 1833 - 3970 m
Pleasant Hill was the first western Shaker village to have a public water system. Water was pumped by horse-power from a spring at the Tanyard to the 19,000-gallon staved reservoir on the second floor of the water house. - Brethren't Bath House 1860 - 3984 m
The only remaining example of many bath houses constructed for each gender. - Dry House 1862 - 3612 m
Each family had its own fruit kiln or dry house, and fire was a recurrent problem—this structure replaced one irreparably damaged by fire. - Old Ministry’s Shop 1813 - 3790 m
The original building where the Ministry did most of their work. It was built next to the original stone Meeting House (1810), but was turned into workshop space after the newer Meeting House and Ministry’s Workshop were built in the center of the Village - West Family Sisters’ Shop 1845 - 3668 m
A workspace for West Family Sisters to perform daily work such as spinning, weaving, quilting and sewing. The dormer (skylight) on roof is not centered in order to provide lighting for the stairway. - Preserve Shop 1859 - 3650 m
Used for preserve and sweetmeat production at West Family. There is reference to an East Family Preserve Shop as well, and the Centre Family used the cellar for their preserve production. - West Family Wash House 1842 - 3631 m
Here the sisters of West Family washed, dried and ironed laundry. - West Family Privy 1858 - 3711 m
The only remaining outhouse or “necessary” among the dozens that would have been used by the Shakers. Instead of a trench, the privy contains a clean-out vent on the back wall. - Scale House 1875 - 3867 m
The scales, set in a stone pit foundation, were used for weighing livestock in the pen or for wagons loaded with goods for market. Worldly people, mostly local farmers, paid the Shakers to use their scales and mills as well. - East Family Wash House 1825 - 4180 m
Used by the East Family sisters to wash, dry and press the family’s clothes, here they used horse-power to agitate their washing tubs to assist in the washing process. - Cooper’s Shop 1847 - 4120 m
Moved to its present location and remodeled in 1847, here the Shaker craftsmen made as many as 2,000 coopered articles, such as fine cedar pails, buckets and churns, each year. - Tanyard 1824 - 4520 m
The original use of the present brick structure is unknown, but by 1826, it became the headquarters for the leather tanning operation at Pleasant Hill.