DETENBECK HOME

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Historical Notes

THE EBENEZERS ( THE COMMUNITY OF TRUE INSPIRATION) ORIGINATED IN GERMANY. THEY LIVED HERE AS A SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY FROM 1849 UNTIL 1859, WHEN THEY MOVED ON TO AMANA, IOWA. THEIR PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT BY MARTIN KABEL AND WAS REFERRED TO AS "KABELTOWN" FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS LATER.

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THE ONLY SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF AN EBENEZER SOCIETY HOUSE, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED OF LARGE LOGS AND BOARDS, JOINED BY THE MORTISE AND TENON METHOD, WITH CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR. THE EAVE RETURNS, BOXED CORNICE ROOF TRIM AND THE WINDOWS WITH THEIR PLAIN, WIDE TRIM ARE STANDARD DETAILS OF EBENEZER CONSTRUCTION.