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1 day ago · Founded in 1947, the Shaker Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Shaker Heights to inspire curiosity and foster engagement between diverse communities and the people, events, and stories that shape local history.
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Shaker Historical Society is located at: 16740 South Park...
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The museum is located at 16740 South Park Boulevard, Shaker...
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See an extensive collection from the 19th-century North Union Shakers who once lived on the site of today’s Shaker Heights, plus exhibits telling the fascinating story of Shaker Heights, a planned suburban Cleveland community developed in the early 20th century.
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The Shaker Historical Society is a non-profit organization established in 1947 to provide stewardship for our region's significant history by nurturing respectful discovery, preservation, collection, and public dissemination of the history, traditions, and heritage of the North Union Shaker sect, Shaker Heights, Warrensville Township, and the surro...
The home of the Shaker Historical Society is situated on the grounds of the former North Union Center Family's apple orchard and vegetable garden. In 1910, architect Daniel Reamer designed this residence for Louis Myers, a real estate agent for the Van Sweringen Company, and his wife Blanche. They raised their two sons, Eugene and Frank, in this ho...
Originally known as the United Society of True Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, the Shaker faith encouraged communal living, celibacy, pacificm, confession of sin, and the belief that God was a dual personality. This personality was conceived as a masculine spirit embodied in Christ and a female element manifested in the spirit of Mother Ann...
The Shakers at North Union were peaceful, hard-working, and industrious farmers and craftsmen who settled in what is now Shaker Heights, Ohio. Ralph Russell, the son of Revolutionary War veteran and early Warrensville Township settler Jacob Russell, established a Shaker colony on his land after visiting the Union Shaker Village near Lebanon, Ohio a...
See an extensive collection from the 19th-century North Union Shakers who once lived on the site of today’s Shaker Heights, plus exhibits telling the fascinating story of Shaker Heights, a planned suburban Cleveland community developed in the early 20th century.
Established in 1947, the Shaker Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Shaker Heights to inspire curiosity and foster engagement between diverse communities and the people, events, and stories that shape local history.
