Hancock Shaker Village - Hancock, Massachusetts - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Hancock Shaker Village is a living museum in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. The hours of operation vary with the season. From the 1780s until 1960, the site was home to the Hancock Shakers, a unique religious and agricultural community. The village's population peaked at about 300 in the 1840s. Shakers had a somewhat unusual system of beliefs and practices.

The posted co-ordinates are for the library, building #3 in the National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. In that document, contributing and non-contributing buildings are not specified. The document describes eight buildings.

Street address: Lebanon Mountain Road (US route 20) Hancock, MA USA County / Borough / Parish: Berkshire Year listed: 1968 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Social/Humanitarian Periods of significance: 1950-1974 1900-1924 1875-1899 1850-1874 1800-1824 1750-1799 1825-1849 1925-1949 Historic function: Religious community Current function: Museum, agricultural, educational Privately owned?: yes Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2019 To: 12/31/2019 Hours of operation: From: 10:00 AM To: 4:00 PM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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