Forestville Commonwealth

Address Restricted, Earlton, New York. County/parish: Greene.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 20, 1974. NRIS 74001242.

7 contributing sites.

From Wikipedia:

Forestville Commonwealth

Forestville Commonwealth is an archaeological site and national historic district located at Earlton in Greene County, New York. The district contains seven contributing sites. It represents the remains of a utopian community built in 1826-1827 as one of three Owenite experiments in New York State.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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