Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

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Shaker village historic district open-air museum religious community

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is the last active Shaker community in the world, a historic religious settlement in Maine known for its preserved 18th- and 19th-century buildings, traditional crafts, and living Shaker heritage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village canonical	2
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community	1
Sabbathday Lake Shaker community	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4975439 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
Context triple: [National Historic Landmarks in Maine, includes, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village]

A. Teatown Lake Reservation
Teatown Lake Reservation is a nonprofit nature preserve and environmental education center in Westchester County, New York, known for its extensive trail system, wildlife habitats, and conservation programs.
B. Great Brook Farm State Park
Great Brook Farm State Park is a Massachusetts state park known for its extensive trail system, working dairy farm, and year-round outdoor recreation opportunities.
C. Moraine Hills State Park
Moraine Hills State Park is a scenic Illinois state park known for its glacially formed landscapes, lakes, and extensive hiking and biking trails.
D. Lake George Village
Lake George Village is a popular resort community in upstate New York known for its scenic lakeside setting, outdoor recreation, and tourism-focused shops, restaurants, and attractions.
E. Shadmoor State Park
Shadmoor State Park is a coastal New York state park near Montauk known for its oceanfront bluffs, World War II-era bunkers, and scenic hiking trails through wetlands and shrublands.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
Target entity description: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is the last active Shaker community in the world, a historic religious settlement in Maine known for its preserved 18th- and 19th-century buildings, traditional crafts, and living Shaker heritage.

A. Teatown Lake Reservation
Teatown Lake Reservation is a nonprofit nature preserve and environmental education center in Westchester County, New York, known for its extensive trail system, wildlife habitats, and conservation programs.
B. Great Brook Farm State Park
Great Brook Farm State Park is a Massachusetts state park known for its extensive trail system, working dairy farm, and year-round outdoor recreation opportunities.
C. Moraine Hills State Park
Moraine Hills State Park is a scenic Illinois state park known for its glacially formed landscapes, lakes, and extensive hiking and biking trails.
D. Lake George Village
Lake George Village is a popular resort community in upstate New York known for its scenic lakeside setting, outdoor recreation, and tourism-focused shops, restaurants, and attractions.
E. Shadmoor State Park
Shadmoor State Park is a coastal New York state park near Montauk known for its oceanfront bluffs, World War II-era bunkers, and scenic hiking trails through wetlands and shrublands.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shaker village ⓘ historic district ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ religious community ⓘ
associatedWith	Shaker Museum and Library collections ⓘ linked to: Shaker Museum Shaker cultural preservation ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
denomination	United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing ⓘ
founded	1783 ⓘ
foundedBy	Shaker missionaries from Alfred and Gorham, Maine ⓘ
governedBy	Shaker communal rules ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 1,800 acres ⓘ
hasBuildingFromCentury	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
hasFeature	Shaker barns ⓘ Shaker cemetery ⓘ Shaker dwelling house ⓘ Shaker meetinghouse ⓘ Shaker workshops ⓘ
hasFunction	museum ⓘ religious center ⓘ working farm ⓘ
hasOrganization	Shaker Herb Department ⓘ linked to: Herb Garden Shaker Museum and Library ⓘ linked to: Shaker Museum
heritageStatus	last active Shaker community in the world ⓘ
knownFor	Shaker furniture making ⓘ Shaker music and worship ⓘ herb and seed business ⓘ living Shaker religious practices ⓘ preserved Shaker architecture ⓘ traditional Shaker crafts ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	Cumberland County, Maine ⓘ Maine ⓘ New Gloucester, Maine ⓘ
locatedNear	Sabbathday Lake ⓘ
NRHPListingYear	1975 ⓘ
NRHPType	historic district ⓘ
offers	craft demonstrations ⓘ educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedBy	Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community ⓘ linked to: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
originalName	New Gloucester Shaker Village ⓘ linked to: Shaker Village Museum
practices	celibacy ⓘ communal ownership of property ⓘ pacifism ⓘ
religion	Shakers ⓘ linked to: Shaker

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Historic Landmarks in Maine → includes → Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village ⓘ

New Gloucester, Maine → hasHistoricSite → Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village ⓘ

New Gloucester, Maine → hasHistoricCommunity → Sabbathday Lake Shaker community ⓘ

linked to: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village → operatedBy → Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community ⓘ