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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 Shaker Village: Hancock Shaker Village. November 24, 1968 5 mi (8.0 km ... Lenox Village Historic District: June 27, 2022
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
Living history museum Hancock Shaker Village puts the high-quality craftsmanship of the Shakers on full display. The Norman Rockwell Museum is home to 998 original works by the prolific The ...
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).
Hancock Shaker Village: The City of Peace; An Effort to Restore a Vision 1960—1985. Hancock: Hancock Shaker Village. ISBN 9780961355500. OCLC 247618813. Miller, Amy Bess (1998). Shaker Medicinal Herbs: A Compendium of History, Lore, and Uses. Pownal, Vermont: Storey Books. ISBN 1-58017-040-4. OCLC 40610021.
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.
Hancock Shaker Village; Hancock Town Hall; Hathaway Tenement; Hillside Cemetery (North Adams, Massachusetts) ... Mill Village Historic District (Williamstown ...