{"nrhp_refnum":"95001198","name":"Shaker Farm","other_names":["Andrews, Edward Deming and Faith, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Dublin Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.38136859300005,"lon":-73.35320213633742,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-11-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture","Literature"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story, three-bay saltbox farmhouse built about 1795 by Daniel Hand on a ten-acre property on Dublin Road in Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, with a barn, shed, privy, pump and two lye barrel stones.","why_significant":"The farm is tied to Edward Deming and Faith Andrews, who bought it in 1937 and renovated it in 1938-39 as their vision of a Shaker home. From there they researched, collected, exhibited and wrote about the Shakers. The house is also cited as a New England vernacular dwelling with Colonial Revival and Shaker-influenced alterations.","narrative":"Shaker Farm is a ten-acre rural property on Dublin Road in Richmond, Massachusetts, centered on a saltbox farmhouse built around 1795 by Daniel Hand, a weaver from New Lebanon, New York. The wood-frame house has a hewn timber frame, clapboard siding, a rubble-stone foundation and a shingled gable roof. A barn, a springhouse-type shed, a privy, a hand pump and two soapstone lye barrel stones also contribute to the property. Edward Deming and Faith Andrews bought the farm in 1937 and renovated the dilapidated house in 1938-39. They installed Shaker cupboards, doors and wide pine boards salvaged from Shaker villages, and converted the barn into a study and dormitory. From this base they studied and collected Shaker furniture and artifacts and published influential books on Shaker craft and history. The property is recognized for its association with the Andrewses and as a New England vernacular house that retains much of its 1930s character.","period_of_significance":"1795, 1937-1979","architect_builder":"Daniel Hand, Builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival; Colonial: New England Colonial","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still in domestic use as a single dwelling with secondary structures; no indoor plumbing or central heating was ever installed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.159049-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/7943/63794310/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/95001198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001198/0bf59319d9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001198/0bf59319d9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RichmondMA_ShakerFarm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RichmondMA_ShakerFarm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794310","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaker_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7462722"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/shaker-farm-95001198/"}