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Title	Shakertown at Pleasant Hill: Shaker bedroom furniture
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	2000-2009?
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Shakertown at Pleasant Hill
Property type	District
National Register Reference	71000353 listed Nov. 11, 1971
Community Name	Shakertown, Mercer County, KY
Latitude/Longitude	37.81618,-84.740266
Description	Color photograph of a simple wood tallboy dresser with a ladderback chair in the foreground. The room is well-lit from large windows with deep window sills. The walls demonstrate the Shaker method of providing hooks along walls for hanging objects and furnishings.
Historical Notes	Pleasant Hill was a founded in 1805 as a community of the Society of Shakers. Many of the buildings that now comprise the historic district were planned and designed c. 1815 by Micajah Burnett and built by community members over the following decades. The community continued to grow until 1860 and then declined, which resulted in the communally-held Society properties gradually passing into private ownership. Beginning in the early 1960s a preservation effort was begun. By the time of the 1971 National Register listing, Shakertown at Pleasant Hill held 2200 acres of the previous lands and had restored many of the surviving buildings. The properties are open to the public.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Pleasant Hill (Ky.) Shakers -- Buildings.
Subject-TGM	Historic sites Religious dwellings
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Processing notes	Electronic file
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	PleasantHill002