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Enfield Shakers
460 NH Route 4a, Enfield,
NH 03748-3515
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USA
Latitude & Longitude:
43° 37' 12.3528",
-72° 8' 49.8444"
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New Hampshire State
Historical Marker
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places |
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THE ENFIELD SHAKERS
Founded in 1793, Enfield Shaker Village was the 9th of the original Shaker communities established in the U.S. At this peak c.1850 some 300 Shakers lived, worked and worshipped here, practicing equality of the sexes, celibacy, pacifism, racial equality, and communal ownership of property. This self-contained community farmed 3,000 acres and maintained more than 50 buildings along four miles of highway. Surviving Shaker buildings include the 1837 Great Stone Dwelling, one of the largest Shaker structures ever built. The Shakers left Enfield in 1923.
Enfield Shakers was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 07, 1979.
Last updated: 9/21/2011 11:05 |
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Enfield Shakers New Hampshire
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