Charterhouse of the Transfiguration
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The Charterhouse of the Transfiguration is the only Carthusian monastery in the USA, located on Mt. Equinox, outside Arlington, Vermont.
The 7,000-acre (28 kmĀ²) property was donated by Joseph George Davidson, a retired Union Carbide Corporation executive.
The charterhouse was designed by architect Victor Christ-Janer & Associates of New Canaan, Connecticut, and fabricated of Vermont granite blocks.
[edit] See also
- Community of Hermits of St. Bruno