Unique Experiences

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This Saturday, September 30th, overnight stay (double occupancy) in the Great Stone Dwelling includes admission to our Harvest Festival, lunch, a tour of the Great Stone Dwelling, a 10% discount in our Gift Shop, an evening screening of the Ken Burns film "The Shakers", a breakfast voucher, and a map of our hiking trails to visit the Enfield Shaker Feast Ground.

The Festival is a yearly tradition set on the picturesque grounds of the Enfield Shaker Museum. Join us to celebrate the autumn harvest with horse-drawn wagon and pony rides, a hay stack treasure hunt, cider making, butter churning, ice cream cranking, candle dipping, traditional crafts including broom making and coopering, farm animals, musical entertainment, museum tours with a corn planter and cooperage exhibit, a special sheep herding demonstration and more.

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Item Special Note

The Great Stone Dwelling, completed in 1841, was the Church family's primary residence and the greatest architectural achievement of the Enfield Shakers.

The first floor is primarily dedicated to preparing and eating the community's meals. The second floor housed the Meeting Room as well as 4 dwelling rooms. The third and fourth floors contained 8 dwelling rooms per floor, each room measuring approximately 20' x 20'. The fifth and sixth floor attic spaces were storage and work spaces.

In addition to the above mentioned rooms, a stunning array of built in drawers and cupboards, closets, and pegrails are found throughout the building. In short, it contained all the innovations the Shakers could conceive of to make their temporal home the reflection of the spiritual perfection they pursued in their communal lives here in Enfield.

Imagine a place so beautiful and serene that the Shakers called it the “Chosen Vale.”

Nestled in a valley between Mt. Assurance and Mascoma Lake, in Enfield, New Hampshire, the Enfield Shaker site has been cherished for over 200 years. At its peak in the mid 19th century, the community was home to three "Families" of Shakers. They practiced equality of the sexes and races, celibacy, pacifism and communal ownership of property. Shakers farmed over 3,000 acres of land, educated children in model schools and worshipped in the “Shaker Way.”