The Charterhouse of the Transfiguration is the only

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monastery in the United States, located on Mt. Equinox, in Sandgate, Vermont. It was founded in 1960 under the initiative of Fr.

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and completed in 1970. It superseded the earlier monastery at Sky Farm and Grace Farm (Charterhouse of Our Lady of Bethlehem), near

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, which Fr. Thomas had established in 1950.''Charterhouse of the Transfiguration'' by Prof Kent Emery, Jr, publ. Editions des Cahiers de l'Alpe, Grenoble 1986, pp. 459x476; repr. 2009 in Carthusian Booklets Series No 13
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The property was donated by Joseph George Davidson, a retired

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executive.''The Charterhouse of the Transfiguration'', ed. Dr James Hogg, from ''Monasticon Cartusiense'' Analecta Cartusiana 185:4), Salzburg 2006, tom. IV, pars II, pp. 860x867; repr. 2009 in Carthusian Booklets Series No 13
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The charterhouse was designed by

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Victor Christ-Janer Victor F. Christ-Janer (March 27, 1915 – March 24, 2008) was an American architect who along with the world-renowned Harvard Five helped define the Modernist architectural movement in New Canaan, Connecticut. He was also an educator, artist, an ...

& Associates of New Canaan, Connecticut, and fabricated of Vermont

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blocks.

References

External links

Charterhouse of the Transfiguration website
Taconic Mountains Carthusian monasteries in the United States Buildings and structures in Arlington, Vermont Brutalist architecture in Vermont {{Vermont-stub