Shaker North Family Barn
United States historic place in New Lebanon, New York. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, also known as New Lebanon Shaker Society, was a communal settlement of Shakers in New Lebanon, New York, United States. The earliest converts began to "gather in" at that location in 1782 and built their first meetinghouse in 1785. The early Shaker Ministry, including Joseph Meacham and Lucy Wright, the architects of Shakers' gender-balanced government, lived there.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | U.S. 20, New Lebanon, NY |
| County | Columbia County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000511 |
| Type of place | intentional community |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 32 buildings, 2 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | U.S. 20, New Lebanon, NY |
| Coordinates | 42.45704, -73.38102 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Coltsville National Historical Park · 9 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Indian Hollow 28 mi |
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Nearby in Columbia County
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Sources
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 66000511. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.