Alfred Shaker Historic District
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alfred-shaker-historic-district-237-2450758
title:
Alfred Shaker Historic District
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Alfred Shaker Historic District is a historic district in Alfred, Maine, with properties on both sides of Shaker Hill Road. The area had its first Shaker "believers" in 1783 following visiting with Mother Ann Lee and became an official community starting in 1793 when a meetinghouse was built. It was home to Maine's oldest and largest Shaker community. Two notable events were the songwriting of Joseph Brackett, including, according to most accounts, Simple Gifts, and the spiritual healing of the
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Historic district in Maine, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Shaker_Historic_District
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2023-11-09T06:31:57Z
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