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Stock Photo: Hancock Shaker Village Tannery Barn Before A Summer Rainstorm
ID 254787570 © Mccrainemercantile | Megapixl.com
This building is likely the one shown on the 1820 map of Hancock Shaker Village as a Cider House. In 1835 it was enlarged to replace an earlier tannery and probably set on a one-story stone foundation. A date stone reading 1835 is set into the outside of the northeast corner foundation wall. In 1860 the Hancock Shakers’ tannery was valued at $3,128, and produced over 600 sides of leather, 200 calfskins, 400 kips or smaller hides, and 510 sheepskins. A windlass overhead raised heavy loads of tanned skins to the attic where they were dried and stored. By circa 1875, the Shakers were unable to compete with larger tanneries in the area and suspended their business.
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