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Watervliet Shaker Historic District

Watervliet Shaker Historic District
Watervliet Shaker village, Albany, New York, circa 1870, Courtesy of Shaker Heritage Society
Watervliet Shaker Historic District is located in New York
Watervliet Shaker Historic District
Watervliet Shaker Historic District is located in the United States
Watervliet Shaker Historic District
LocationWatervliet Shaker Rd., Colonie, New York
Coordinates42°44′23″N 73°49′6″W / 42.73972°N 73.81833°W / 42.73972; -73.81833
Built1775
Architectural styleShaker Style
NRHP reference No.73001160 (original)
73002247 (increase) [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 1973 (original)
September 20, 1973 (increase)

Watervliet Shaker Historic District, in Colonie, New York, is the site of the first Shaker community, established in 1776. The primary Shaker community, the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, was started a bit later. Watervliet's historic 1848 Shaker meetinghouse has been restored and is used for public events, such as concerts.

The founder of the Shakers, Mother Ann Lee, is buried here.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and the listing was expanded later in the same year.[1] Albany International Airport was constructed on the community's herb garden.

At the time it was founded it was located in the Town of Watervliet, which went out of existence in 1896. Since then it has been in the Town of Colonie, not even close to the boundary of the modern City of Watervliet.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Landmarks of American women's history, Chapter: Watervliet Shaker Historic District, Page Putnam Miller, Oxford University Press US, 2003, pp. 36 ff.

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