place

Watervliet Shaker Historic District

Agricultural organizations based in the United StatesHistoric districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)Museums in Albany County, New YorkNRHP infobox with nocatNational Register of Historic Places in Albany County, New York
Religious museums in New York (state)Seed companiesShaker communities or museums
Watervliet Shaker village, Albany, New York, circa 1870, Courtesy of Shaker Heritage Society
Watervliet Shaker village, Albany, New York, circa 1870, Courtesy of Shaker Heritage Society

Watervliet Shaker Historic District, in Colonie, New York, is the site of the first Shaker community. It was established in 1776. The primary Shaker community, the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, was started a bit later. Watervliet's historic 1848 Shaker meetinghouse has been restored and is used for public events, such as concerts. The founder of the Shakers, Mother Ann Lee, is buried here.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and the listing was expanded later in the same year. Albany International Airport was constructed on the community's herb garden. At the time it was founded it was located in the Town of Watervliet, which went out of existence in 1896. Since then it has been in the Town of Colonie, not even close to the boundary of the modern City of Watervliet.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Watervliet Shaker Historic District (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Watervliet Shaker Historic District
Airline Drive,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Watervliet Shaker Historic DistrictContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 42.739722222222 ° E -73.818333333333 °
placeShow on map

Address

Airline Drive

Airline Drive
12205
New York, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

Watervliet Shaker village, Albany, New York, circa 1870, Courtesy of Shaker Heritage Society
Watervliet Shaker village, Albany, New York, circa 1870, Courtesy of Shaker Heritage Society
Share experience

Nearby Places

Colonie Center
Colonie Center

Colonie Center is a shopping mall located in Roessleville, New York, a suburb of Albany, at the intersection of Central Avenue, Wolf Road, and Interstate 87. Opening in 1966, it was the first enclosed shopping mall in New York's Capital Region. The two-story mall has an area of about 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) and 110 stores as well as a food court. Colonie Center was owned by Feldman Mall Properties until 2009, when it was sold to Heitman Value Partners. In April 2013, Heitman sold the mall to KKR & Co. L.P., partnered with Colonie Pacific. The mall anchors are Boscov's, Christmas Tree Shops, Macy's, Regal Cinemas, and Whole Foods Market. Another previous anchor included Steinbach. The L.L. Bean store in Colonie Center is the second busiest L.L. Bean store in the country, generating $12.4 million in annual sales. Outside of New York City, the Macy's store in Colonie Center is the highest revenue-producing Macy's store in the region with an annual revenue of $50 million. The Whole Foods Market generates $24.6 million in annual revenue. The mall is located near the busiest intersection in the capitol region.In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Colonie Center, into Seritage Growth Properties. Portions of the former auto center became BJ's Restaurants and Ethan Allen. On October 5, 2020, Cineworld announced it would close all Regal, Cineworld, and Picturehouse Cinemas locations in the US, UK, and Ireland indefinitely, beginning October 8.