Labyrinth - New Harmony Historic District - New Harmony, IN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 07.358 W 087° 56.145
16S E 417979 N 4219835
Part of original, and boundary increase, one of 4 sites contributing
Waymark Code: WM109Q0
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2019
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County of site: Posey County
Location of site: Main St., S. limits of New Harmony
"Labyrinth, 1239 Main Street, contributing
This site, replanted and restored in 1939, is on the site of the original labyrinth, which it replicates. The hedges
are four feet high and planted in a circular maze pattern. In the center is a one-story, round building with field
stone walls, a flared conical wood shingle roof with a bronze cap, doorless entries on the east and west and
glassless windows on the north and south. It is rough finished on the exterior, and smoothly finished inside.
The maze is significant as embodying an idea central to the Rappite faith: that it is difficult to make the right
choices to reach true harmony." ~ NRHP Nomination Form