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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 ...
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 ...
It is home to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, the last active Shaker village in the U.S. The town's population was 5,676 at the 2020 census. [3]
The Shaker community there was disbanded in 1922, and the property sold to the Benedictines in 1949. There, they established an interracial monastery, the first of its kind in the United States. [2] As of 2010, there was only one Shaker community remaining active, the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village located at Sabbathday Lake, Maine. [3] [4] [5]
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.
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