Swedenborg House
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| Location | Art Hill |
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| No. of Buildings | 1 |
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| Construction Cost | $4,500 ($135,717 in 2021) |
The Swedenborg house was a reproduction of the house that Emanuel Swedenborg developed his theology. It was located near the Palace of Fine Arts, on Art Hill.
Before the Fair[edit | edit source]
Swedenborg made the original house his home in 1749. He had given up, for the most part, his scientific work, his charge of mining industries, and was devoting himself to the study of the scriptures and to the writing of his works upon religion, to his predictions' of the New Jerusalem
Description[edit | edit source]
The General Convention of the New Jerusalem of the United States and Canada reproduced the house that Emanuel Swedenborg developed his theology. Inside, it included furnishings in the mission style as well as writings of Swedenborg.
The interior is one large room, with mission furniture. Books and pictures abound. The writings of Swedenborg, in varied editions, were arranged for examination. Representatives of the faith talked with visitors about Swedenborg, his doctrine and the spiritual life.
