Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

	Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark District
	Shaker Library and schoolhouse
Location	New Gloucester, Maine
Coordinates	43°59′11″N 70°21′58.6″W / 43.98639°N 70.366278°W
Built	1782, 1783, or 1793
NRHP reference No.	74000318
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 13, 1974
Designated NHLD	May 30, 1974

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is a Shaker village near New Gloucester and Poland, Maine, in the United States. It is the last active Shaker community, with two members as of 2022^[update].^[7]^[8]^[9] With a new member, it had expanded to three members by 2021.^[10] The community was established in either 1782, 1783, or 1793, at the height of the Shaker movement in the United States. The Sabbathday Lake meetinghouse was built in 1794. The entire property was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.^[4]^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village". National Park Service. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
^ Chase, Stacey (July 23, 2006). "The Last Ones Standing". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
^ Cite error: The named reference maine was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Carol Ann Poh and Robert C. Post (January 7, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Shaker Village / United Society of Believers" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 10 photos, exteriors and interiors, from 1969 and 1973 (32 KB)
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
^ "A Brief History". Hancock Shaker Village. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
^ Blakemore, Erin (November 1, 2017). "There Are Only Two Shakers Left in the World". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
^ Gonzales, Richard (January 3, 2017). "One Of The Last Shakers Dies". NPR. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
^ "'A 21st century Shaker story'". July 4, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

[nps-1] "Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village". National Park Service. Retrieved December 15, 2009.

[globe-2] Chase, Stacey (July 23, 2006). "The Last Ones Standing". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 16, 2009.

[maine-3] Cite error: The named reference maine was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[poh-4] Carol Ann Poh and Robert C. Post (January 7, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Shaker Village / United Society of Believers" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 10 photos, exteriors and interiors, from 1969 and 1973 (32 KB)

[nris-5] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[nhlsum-6] "Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved June 26, 2008.

[7] "A Brief History". Hancock Shaker Village. Retrieved August 25, 2021.

[lauber-8] Blakemore, Erin (November 1, 2017). "There Are Only Two Shakers Left in the World". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

[9] Gonzales, Richard (January 3, 2017). "One Of The Last Shakers Dies". NPR. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

[10] "'A 21st century Shaker story'". July 4, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

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