![historic postcard of a street, with shaker buildings, in alfred](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D5FACDA3-1DD8-B71B-0B16075A0EC7D8C5.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Located in Maine, Alfred was founded in 1793. This Shaker community was abandoned in 1931, and several members moved to Sabbathday Lake
![small, syrup room with whitewashed wooden walls](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D62CE657-1DD8-B71B-0BAB1678F168486B.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
This New Hampshire Shaker village was established in 1792 with the construction of the community's Meeting House
![large, austere stone building](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D6511D50-1DD8-B71B-0B039F50159B66FF.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
This New Hampshire Shaker community was established in 1793 on Lake Mascoma. Like many, it disbanded in the early 20th century
![sheep grazing in front of a circular stone barn](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D667A6D4-1DD8-B71B-0B5A92EBD9C003CF.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Hancock Village was established in western Massachusetts in the late 1780s, and survived into the 1950s
![large yellow building flanked by an orchard](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D6DFDF63-1DD8-B71B-0B28A2486BFFF719.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Located in Harvard, Massachusetts, this Shaker village was second established in the United States
![historic photo of a white church with a rounded roof](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D702A682-1DD8-B71B-0BA56D9B793044FC.png)
Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, in New York, was the religion's spiritual center. The last Shaker died there in 1947
![historic photo of a building in a rural setting](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D78FCC28-1DD8-B71B-0B79CF5B11AF704A.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
This Ohio Shaker community was established in 1822, and eventually disbanded in 1889
![row of white clapboard buildings in Sabbathday Lake](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/A2046B13-1DD8-B71B-0BDFEE1BBBE1B391.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in Maine was founded in 1782 and is the only surviving Shaker community in the world
![looking up a spiral staircase in pleasant hill](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D58CE8CD-1DD8-B71B-0BCC916AAE852B9A.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Pleasant Hill was the first Shaker community founded in Kentucky, and is known for its architectural feats
![two-story brick building surrounded by trees in early fall](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D7B66793-1DD8-B71B-0BE430C4028C057B.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Located in Massachusetts, Shirley Shaker Village was founded in 1793 and eventually dissolved in 1908
![shaker bed room with three beds, wooden bed frames, and simple quilts](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D7F865E0-1DD8-B71B-0B8CD9A5A9E65663.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
South Union Shaker Village is located in Kentucky, and it was the longest lived western Shaker community
![black and white photo of a brick building in a rural setting](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D9751929-1DD8-B71B-0B6B63376EE9E989.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Tyringham, founded in 1792, was the fourth Shaker village created in Massachusetts. It eventually disbanded in 1874
![herb garden with a brick building in the background](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/D9D58856-1DD8-B71B-0BA4608E7F7D5C93.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Watervliet, located outside of Albany, New York, was the first Shaker settlement in the United States
![brick building featuring two white doors](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelshaker/crop16_9/DAA7DE97-1DD8-B71B-0B76BBB42A354D1D.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
White Water Shaker Village was the fourth and last Shaker community established in Ohio. It disbanded in the early 20th century
Last updated: March 5, 2018