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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is a Shaker village near New Gloucester and Poland, Maine, in the United States. It is the last active Shaker community, with two members as of 2024 [update] . [ 7 ] The community was established in either 1782, 1783, or 1793, at the height of the Shaker movement in the United States.
The Enfield settlement, was founded in the 1780s, and lasted until 1917. There were three distinct centers of development, called "families" by the Shakers. [ 3 ] In 1930, 1600 acres of the former settlement were purchased by the State of Connecticut to establish a new prison farm[3]; eventually becoming the state's largest prison complex.
In the 5 years between 1787 and 1792, the Shakers gathered into eight more communities in addition to the Watervliet and New Lebanon villages: Hancock, Harvard, Shirley, and Tyringham Shaker Villages in Massachusetts; Enfield Shaker Village in Connecticut; Canterbury and Enfield in New Hampshire; and Sabbathday Lake and Alfred Shaker Village in ...
New Enfield Shaker Village: Chosen Vale: Canterbury: Enfield: New Hampshire: 1793–1923 [13] NRHP [11] Old Enfield Shaker Village: City of Union: Hancock: Enfield: Connecticut: 1792–1917 [14] NRHP [11] Gorham Shaker Village: Union Branch: Alfred: Gorham: Maine: 1808–1819 [15] Groveland Shaker Village: Union Branch: Groveland [nb 2 ...
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village was founded in 1783 by the United Society of True Believers at what was then called Thompson's Pond Plantation. It was formally organized on April 19, 1794. It was formally organized on April 19, 1794.
In 1920, a revival was led by Harriet Coolbroth and Mary Ann Walker to bolster the number of members, which resulted in a fervent community for several years. [9] In March 1931 [3] the number of Shakers at Alfred had dwindled and the remaining individuals moved to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village.
Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, first settled by John and Robert Pease of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [2] The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region . The population was 42,141 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ]
Shaker Village may refer to: Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, home of Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill; Shaker Village (Sabbathday Lake, Maine) Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, Massachusetts; Harvard Shaker Village Historic District, Harvard, Massachusetts; Shirley Shaker Village, Shirley, Massachusetts; Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire