Comments Workers raise the frame for a new Cabinetmaking Shop at Old Sturbridge Village, a historic interpretive village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
Sturbridge, MA – Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) raised the frame on a new cabinetmaking shop on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. This new structure is the first addition in over 50 years to the Village’s Common and will be located south of the Meeting House.
The Village has employed both historic and modern building methods in the construction of the Cabinetmaking Shop, which is patterned after period structures operated by early 19
th century New England craftsmen. The building will include a wood-burning stove, as did many free-standing shops of the period, and a small external woodshed, based on George Bradley’s shop in Newtown, Connecticut. Sturbridge and the region were home to some of the foremost cabinetmakers of the early 19
Work is underway on a new cabinet-making shop at Old Sturbridge Village, marking the first addition to the Village’s Common in more than 50 years, the living museum announced on Thursday.
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