Hancock Shaker Village Trustees Office And Store Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Hired men were lodged in a separate building, convenient to the Trustee’s Office, where they received their daily work assignments and ate their meals. “The World” met the Shakers in the Trustees’ Office and Store. Here, visitors on business placed orders for goods and sightseers bought souvenirs in the Fancy Goods store. Guests of the village dined and lodged here.Business-minded Shaker Brothers and Sisters served their communal family in the role of Trustee. They lived in this building and were responsible for business transactions, hiring personnel, and managing the communal family’s property and investments.The Shakers used the Trustees’ Office and Store until 1959. The parlor was used for entertaining visitors as well as a place for the Shakers to play the organ or watch television.