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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.
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 ...
Shaker box-maker Ricardo Belden (Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1935) Round Stone Barn, Hancock Shaker Village, Massachusetts, 2004 Shaker Anodyne bottle; Enfield Shaker Village; late 19th century; H-4, W-1.625, D-1 inches; Enfield Shaker Museum Onion field; Enfield Shaker Village; Enfield, New Hampshire; 1897; by F. C. Churchill; Enfield Shaker Museum
The Shaker Quarterly was a periodical published by the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village from 1961 to 1996. It served as a journal and newsletter about the Shakers , and at times also doubled as a mail order catalog advertising products created by the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake.
In 1987, she converted at 49 years old. Before becoming a Shaker she worked in library sciences. [3] After volunteering in the Shaker Library in New Gloucester, Maine she decided to join the faith. [4] Today she is one of only two living members of the Shaker faith living and working in Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village; the other is Brother ...
Enfield Shaker Museum; Enfield Shakers Historic District (Connecticut) F. ... Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village;
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.