100 Years in 100 Days: Inside the Old Shaker Meeting House

Shaker Heights Patch is celebrating the 100 years of Shaker Heights history by creating an online scrapbook. Each day for 100 days, we'll feature a photograph that helps tell the story of Shaker Heights.

Today's photo shows the interior of the Shaker meeting house located near Lee Road and Shaker Boulevard. Worshippers didn't use pews, but sat on benches around the wall. That kept the floor space free for praying, marching and dancing when the Shakers experienced religious ecstasy. According to Shaker and Kirtland, the community held public services every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. from May until September. Wednesday and Thursday nights were reserved for family worship.

Source: "Shakers and Kirtland" - Cleveland Memory Project

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