Alfred Shaker Historic District, Alfred

Name: Alfred Shaker Historic District
Address: Alfred, United States

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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 sick by the Shakers. When the Alfred Shakers products and goods were no longer competitive with mass-produced products and the membership had dwindled significantly, the village was closed in 1931 and members moved to Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, also in Maine. ()

Coordinates: 43°29'55"N, 70°42'41"W

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Alfred United States

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Alfred Shaker Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Goodall Park, Sanford-Springvale Historic Museum, De Wolfe and Wood, Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library.

5.4 miSW
Arenas and stadiums, Baseball field, Sport venue
Goodall Park, Sanford
139 min walk • Goodall Park is a baseball venue in Sanford, Maine, United States, which is home to the Sanford Mainers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The park opened in 1915. It has a seating capacity of 950 spectators.
4.9 miSW
Museum
Sanford-Springvale Historic Museum, Sanford
124 min walk • The Sanford-Springvale Historic Museum is located at 505 Main Street in the Springvale village of Sanford, Maine. It is located in the Former Sanford Town Hall, built in 1873 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, and is operated by the Sanford-Springvale Historical Society.
1.5 miS
43°28'38"N • 70°43'4"W
De Wolfe and Wood, Alfred
39 min walk • Antiques, Shopping, Museum
5.3 miSW
Library
Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, Sanford
135 min walk • The Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library is the public library serving Sanford, Maine. It is located at 952 Main Street, in an architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival brick building built in 1937, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
5 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Smith–Emery House, Sanford
128 min walk • The Smith–Emery House is a historic house at 400 Main Street in the Springvale village of Sanford, Maine. Built in 1847, it is one of Sanford's largest and finest examples of Greek Revival architecture, and was owned by two prominent local businessmen. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
4.9 miSW
43°28'1"N • 70°47'53"W
Springvale Library, Springvale
124 min walk • Library