Hancock Shaker Village Trustees House
United States historic place in Hancock, Massachusetts. Added to the National Register in 1968, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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 Indiana. From 1790 until 1893, Hancock was the seat of the Hancock Bishopric, which oversaw two additional Shaker communes in Tyringham, Massachusetts, and Enfield, Connecticut.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 5 mi. S of Pittsfield on U.S. 20, Hancock Tpke., Hancock vicinity, MA |
| County | Berkshire County |
| Listed | Nov 24, 1968 |
| Reference number | 68000037 |
| Type of place | museum, nonprofit organization, historic district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 19 buildings, 1 structures, 1 sites |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 5 mi. S of Pittsfield on U.S. 20, Hancock Tpke., Hancock, MA |
| Website | hancockshakervillage.org ↗ |
| Coordinates | 42.43127, -73.33534 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Coltsville National Historical Park · 7 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Indian Hollow 26 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 68000037. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.