re: #58 Decatur Deb

Built by a religious (Pietist) commune.
en.wikipedia.org

Hey thanks for that; I didn’t know that about them.

According to Wikipedia, there are seven villages in the colony. Currently, six are larger than mine.

Then there’s this:

n March 1931, in the wake of the Great Depression, the Great Council disclosed to the Amana Society that the villages were in dire financial condition. The Depression was particularly harsh in the Colony because fire had badly damaged the woolen mill and destroyed the flour mill less than ten years earlier. At the same time, Society members were seeking increased secularism so that they could have more personal freedom. The Society agreed to split into two organizations: The non-profit Amana Church Society oversaw the spiritual needs of the community, while the for-profit Amana Society was incorporated as a joint-stock company. The transition was completed in 1932 and came to be known in the community as the Great Change

I currently own two Amana appliances (my refrigerator and my gas range/oven).