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Hancock Shaker Village is a former Shaker commune in Hancock and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It emerged in the towns of Hancock, Pittsfield, and Richmond in the 1780s, organized in 1790, and was active until 1960. It was the third of nineteen major Shaker villages established between 1774 and 1836 in New York, New England, Kentucky, Ohio and ...
Hancock was first settled in 1762 as the Plantation of Jericho. The town was officially incorporated in 1776, and renamed for John Hancock.. Hancock is one of only three towns in Massachusetts whose local telephone service was not provided by the former Bell System (instead it is part of the Taconic Telephone Corporation, every one of whose other exchanges is situated in neighboring New York).
This 1737 house was the boyhood home of Revolutionary leader John Hancock, and was where he and Samuel Adams hid from British authorities at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. [80] It is now owned by the Lexington Historical Society, and is seasonally open to the public. [81] 59 + Hancock Shaker Village: Hancock Shaker Village
The Berkshires is also home to Hancock Shaker Village, which is the oldest continuously working farm in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Hancock Shaker Village is a landmark destination of 750 acres, 20 historic Shaker buildings, and over 22,000 Shaker artifacts.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Hancock Shaker Village: Hancock Shaker Village. November 24, 1968 5 mi (8.0 km ...
“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 ...
First Berkshire. – Consisting of the towns of Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams, Peru, Savoy, Williamstown, and Windsor, all in the county of Berkshire. John Barrett III(D) is the current Representative. Second Berkshire. – Consisting of the city of Pittsfield in the county of ...
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