They were communal, egalitarian, pacifist, non-trinitarian, and non-sexual. Their village in Hancock was founded in 1870, flourished in the mid-19th century, and lasted until 1960. They were the Shakers, an off-shoot (not surprisingly, given their name) of the Quakers. The building here that looks like a college dorm served as their sex-segregated living quarters. [2019]
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