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This is a photograph of an Union Village Shaker Community building. The Union Village Shaker settlement was a village organized by Shakers in Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio. The Shakers are a Christian religious group that originated in Great Britain circa 1750. The official name of the denomination is the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming. The founders of the Shakers were James and Jane Wardley. They had broken with the Society of Friends during the mid 1700s. They believed that it was the Shakers' duty to actively seek converts. The Shakers were originally known as Shaking Quakers, because they commonly trembled in religious fervor in their services. The Union Village Shaker settlement was a community of Shakers founded in 1805. It was the governing unit, from 1805 to 1910 for other Shaker villages, including the Whitewater Shaker Settlement, in northwestern Hamilton County, and the Watervliet Shaker Village near Dayton. After 1862, North Union in northeastern Ohio fell under Union Village. After 1889, Union Village oversaw all societies in Kentucky and Ohio. The community continued to decline until in 1912, the buildings and land (4000 acres) were sold to the United Brethren in Christ Church. Today, Otterbein Lifestyle Community Lebanon is located here. Like most of the Shaker buildings,this one is gone, but next to it is a building that is now known as Marble Hall that still stands. It was constructed by the Shakers and is still being used. Much has been written about the Shakers of Warren County.</div>
27 October 1912<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1912-10-27T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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