PLACES

Curry Hall Residence

This was one of the noncontiguous farms at the South Union Colony.  It had two names over its history.  One was Black Lick Farm and the other was The Sugar Maple Farm.  The back portion of the house is thought to have been built in 1813 by the Shakers.  John Viers purchased the farm from the Shakers in 1838 and built on to the original structure for a more gracious house.  He then divided up much of the property for the town of Auburn.  Historically this is the most singularly important structure within the town limits of Auburn, and it ranks equally in importance to the splendid Federal style buildings at the main Shaker Colony at South Union.

Mr. and Mrs. Curry Churchill Hall are credited for adding the present two-story front piazza, thus giving the structure the appearance of a Greek revival/neoclassical mansion, and they are the owners who made the greatest contribution to its preservation.  Mrs. Hall was the founder of what is now the Shaker Museum at South Union, her original museum having been in Auburn.  The Hall property on Viers Street is now owned by Kyle and Stacy Hines.