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Located within the building is the Shaker Museum at South Union. South Union was one of 24 villages built up by the Shakers. During the village's 115-year history, the Shakers constructed over 200 buildings, worked 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of farmland, and produced garden seed, fruit preserves, brooms, baskets, rugs, linen, hats, bonnets and silk ...
South Union Shaker Village: Jasper Valley: South Union [nb 5] South Union: Kentucky: 1807–1922 [29] NRHP [11] Tyringham Shaker Village: City of Love: Hancock: Tyringham: Massachusetts: 1792–1875 [30] NRHP [11] Union Village Shaker Village: Wisdom's Paradise: Union Village [nb 5] Turtlecreek Township: Ohio: 1805–1912 [31] Watervliet Shaker ...
The museum is located in the 1824 Centre Family dwelling, an 1824 40-room Centre House, filled with original artifacts exemplifying the Shakers' craftsmanship and unique way of life. The museum is on the South Union Shakertown Historic Trail , included in the US National Register of Historic Places . [ 2 ]
A large share of South Union's original inhabitants were Shakers.Their South Union village was established in 1807 and lasted until 1922. [2] During this period, the Shakers constructed 200 buildings, worked 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of farmland, and produced garden seed, fruit preserves, brooms, baskets, rugs, linen, hats, bonnets and silk both for use within the community and sales to the ...
In his later years, he also designed and oversaw the construction of the Pleasant Hill West Family's wash house, the West Family Sisters' Shop, the East Family Brethren's Shop, and the Pleasant Hill U.S. Post Office. [1] In 1872, because of his old age, Burnett was released from his trustee duties. [1] He died on 10 January 1879 at the age of ...
In 1806, a Shaker village, named Watervliet, after the New York town that was the site of the first Shaker settlement, was established in what is today Kettering, Ohio, surviving until 1900 when its remaining adherents joined the Union Village Shaker settlement. [14] In 1824, the Whitewater Shaker Settlement was established in southwestern Ohio.
West Union (Busro) is an abandoned Shaker community in Busseron Township, northwestern Knox County, Indiana, about fifteen miles (24 km) north of Vincennes. The settlement was inhabited by the Shakers (United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing) from 1811 to 1827. Though short-lived, West Union was the westernmost Shaker settlement.
Shirley Shaker Village; South Union Shaker Center House and Preservatory; T. Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic District; U. Union Village Shaker settlement; W.