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Watervliet Shaker Historic District, in Colonie, New York, is the site of the first Shaker community, established in 1776. The primary Shaker community, the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, was started a bit later. Watervliet's historic 1848 Shaker meetinghouse has been restored and is used for public events, such as concerts.
Albany: New York: 1776–1926 [32] NRHP [11] Watervliet Shaker Village (Ohio) Vale of Peace: Union Village [nb 5] Kettering: Ohio: 1806–1900 [33] Marker #6-57 [34] West Union Shaker Village (Busro) None: Union Village: Busro: Indiana: 1807–1827 [9] White Oak Shaker Village: None: Union Village: White Oak: Georgia: 1898–1902 [35 ...
Watervliet Shaker village, Albany, New York, c. 1870, Courtesy of Shaker Heritage Society. The Shaker movement was at its height between 1820 and 1860. It was at this time that the sect had its most members, and the period was considered its "golden age". It had expanded from New England to the Midwestern states of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.
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.
Niskayuna would separate in 1809, [3] when Schenectady County was broken off from Albany County. In 1815 Colonie would be split between the city of Albany and the town of Watervliet. [5] In 1836 West Troy would incorporate as a village, [3] Cohoes in 1848, and then Green Island in 1853 also as a village. [8]
“We’re all one city,” said Shaker Village President Jodi-Ann Reid. The 1973-era community’s clubhouse, which was more than 4,000 square feet, was appraised at about $1.25 million. But city ...
New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Time Warner ISBN 1559705620; Hall, Roger Lee. Invitation to Zion: A Shaker Music Guide. Publisher: PineTree Press, 2017. Stein, Stephen J. The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers (Yale University Press, 1992). ISBN 0300059337; Hager, Jacob Henry (1892). "Lee, Ann" .
The society established its home at the Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, which became the primary Shaker spiritual residential community. [6] [8] [9] [10] The Mount Lebanon Shaker Village was organized into Family groups living in clustered buildings sited around the property. [6] [10] As of 2010, three main groups of buildings survive.