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New Harmony Historic District

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

United States of America (Europe and North America)

Date of Submission: 05/09/1990
Criteria: (vi)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
National Park Service, U.S.Dept. of the Interior, Washington D.C. 20240
Coordinates:
Indiana . Lat.38°08' N. ; Long. 87°55' W.
Ref.: 755

Description

New Harmony Historic District, Indiana. Founded by the Rappite religious sect in 1815, New Harmony was

purchased in 1825 by British visionary and socialist reformer Robert Owen, who sought to alleviate evils spawned by the factory system. Some 35 structures from the Rappite-Harmonist period survive. This

property will be compared to Owenite remains in the United Kingdom and to other communal societies in the U.S.