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New Harmony Scientists, Educators, Writers & Artists
Harmony Museum,
Harmony, PA, 1st Settlement of the Harmonie Society
Old Economy Village, 3rd Settlement of the Harmonie Society
Schnee House
Also called the Schnee-Ribeyre-Elliot House, this Victorian brick house was built by David Schnee in 1867, on the site of two Harmonist houses. Schnee, a saddle and harness maker, had made a fortune outfitting soldiers during the Civil War. Schnee sold the house in 1879 to Captain Alfred Ribeyre, a large scale-farmer. In 1925 the house was sold to Elmer Ellsworth Elliott of another prominent agricultural family, closely linked to New Harmony's early history. His daughter Helen left the house to Historic New Harmony.
Tillich Park
Located behind New Harmony's famous restaurant, the Red Geranium, is
Tillich Park. It is named for the famous Protestant theologian and
philosopher, Paul Johannes Tillich. Tillich was personally present
when,in 1963, the peaceful pine grove was dedicated as a park, and gave
an address: Estranged and Reunited: The New Being.
Tillich came to the U.S. with his family at the invitation of Reinhold
Niebuhr, who was intellectually close to him. His first position was as a
member of the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in New York. In 1954 he
received a call from Harvard, and after 1962 he taught at the University of
Chicago.
Born August 20, 1886 in Starzeddel, Brandenburg, Tillich died October 22,
1965 in Chicago. At his death his ashes were interred in Tillich Park. The
stone marked with Tillich's birth and death dates indicate his burial place.
Along the paths are granite stones carved with Tillich quotations by premier
letterer Ralph Beyer. The bronze bust of Tillich is by sculptor James Rosati
and was placed in Tillich Park by the Robert Lee Blaffer Trust, Pentecost
of 1967.
Other Resources: Paul Johannes
Tillich (1886-1965) theologian, Inscriptions
in Paul Tillich Park
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Created: 21 September 1998, JAF Supported by an Indiana Heritage Research Grant, A Joint Effort of the Indiana Humanities Council and the Indiana Historical Society Updated: 17 November 2007, BAS Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, University Library URL: http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/newharmony/postharm.html Comments: Ruth Reichmann, reichman@indiana.edu |
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