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The Darrow School campus in New Lebanon is home to 16 Shaker buildings from the historic Mount Lebanon Shaker settlement dating back to the late 18th century. The school, in dire financial straits, ...
NEW LEBANON, N.Y. - Though the main tourism season is over, Shaker historic sites from the Berkshires to the Capital Region are currently enjoying new exposure through two major initiatives in New ...
But when Hakuta visited Mt. Lebanon, there were several thousand items in 17 buildings, from classic Shaker community furniture to more mundane door latches, wall pegs and farm implements.
The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, who have for an age been a part of the picturesque rural life of New-York State, are soon to abandon their historical town and remove to pastures new.
The museum's collections have been without a permanent home for more than a decade, since the its galleries closed in 2009. Its primary focus has been stewardship of Mount Lebanon Shaker Village ...
Mount Lebanon Shaker Village Redux An outstanding collection of Shaker arts and crafts moves to the old Shaker Village in New York. Susan Spano. September 28, 2011. Get our newsletter!
Founded in 1783, it's the last active Shaker community. He spoke at Rockland's Farnsworth Art Museum on the occasion of the enlightening, visually arresting exhibition "The Shakers: From Mount ...
A stereo view of the Mt. Lebanon, New York Shaker community, about 1870. They believed in the second coming of Jesus Christ, and they practiced a celibate life, working to lead a clean, ethical ...
Both of the men had arrived from Mt. Lebanon, New York, which is located near the Hudson River, and not a great distance from the large Shaker community that was located in western Massachusetts.