Stumbling upon Wesleyan Grove is like entering another realm. I really have never seen anything like it and felt almost like time traveling. Wesleyan Grove is was orginally a Methodist "camp meeting" where they would hold sort of a convention for Methodists. Tents were the original form of habitat before the permanent structures were built, hence, "camp meeting." The community was designed in the early to mid 1800s by a professional planner and landscape architect which is evident in the layout of the village. 
All of the cottages features ornate architectural details which was popular in the mid 1800s after the scroll saw was invented which made these forms possible. The cottages are dubbed "gingerbread cottages" as a result although they are vernacular versions of the gothic revival and stick-style.
The cottages surround a park with a "tabernacle" or place of worship, in the center. (above)
Today, the community still retains some of the original families who were involved in the camp meeting community but most of the cottages are rented out to various people through out the year.
back to reality.
-L-
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