By 1920, the interior of the brick meetinghouse built in 1824, in Deerfield, Massachusetts, had been transformed. The woodwork, with the exception of the mahogany pulpit, was painted white, the cross had been removed, and electricity was introduced. The color of the walls, pale pink, was the choice of artist Augustus Vincent Tack, who had a studio in Deerfield. The lack of ornament, the box pews, and the dominance of the pulpit were typical in meetinghouses from the 18th and early 19th centuries.