Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic District
Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic District | |
1968 photo by Jack E. Boucher | |
| Location | Tyringham, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°14′46″N 73°13′30″W / 42.24611°N 73.22500°W |
| Built | 1792 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001785 |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1987 |
| Topics |
|---|
|
| Notable people |
|
Founders
Other members
|
The Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic District was a historic Shaker village on Jerusalem Road in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Among the buildings in the village were mills and workshops. There was a reduction in members prior to the American Civil War and in the 1870s the remaining "believers" moved to Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts and Enfield Shakers Village in Connecticut.
In 1874 the Shakers traded the property to a New York City doctor, Joseph Jones, for property in Pennsylvania. Dr. Jones open a summer retreat and boardinghouse called "Fernside". In 1889 the property was sold to the Tyringham Forest Club. It is now farmland.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.