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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]
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.
This community, founded by the former residents of Gorham when that village closed, served as the North Family and Gathering Order of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Drake's Creek , or the Mill Family, in Warren County, Kentucky , was a venture by the South Union, Kentucky , Shakers, to establish a water-powered mill some 16 miles removed ...
The move to purchase the clubhouse has angered some residents, who say it’s not their place to bail out the townhome community of Shaker Village, which has more than 350 homes.
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
New Gloucester is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. New Gloucester is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. 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 village was established by the Shakers in 1807 and closed in 1922. The museum is located in the 1824 Centre Family dwelling , an 1824 40-room Centre House, filled with original artifacts exemplifying the Shakers' craftsmanship and unique way of life.
Harvard Shaker Village Historic District is a historic former Shaker community located roughly on Shaker Road, South Shaker Road, and Maple Lane in Harvard, Massachusetts. It was the second oldest Shaker settlement in Massachusetts and the third oldest (after New Lebanon (1787) and Hancock, Mass (1790)) in the United States.