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Helicon Home Colony

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Helicon Home Colony

Description

Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community and societal framework. Political activist Upton Sinclair founded it. The plan was for the community to be run democratically with a board of directors. The community would farm to supply its food source and the children would be raised by a Board of Women Directors. A goal was to eliminate the need for servants. It was founded in October 1906 in Englewood. Helicon Hall's structure burned down on March 16, 1907, and the community disbanded.

Source

"The Greatest of Problems Solved." The Topeka Daily Herald, 27 Nov. 1906, p.4.

“Helicon Home Colony.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Jan. 2024.

Seidel, Bobbi. "Communal State." Asbury Park Press, 17 Feb. 2008, p.E10.

Date Started

1906-10

Date Ended

1907-03-16

Type of Institution

Community

Source of File Attached

Buffum, Joanna. "A Utopia Does Down In Flames." NJ Monthly, 20 July 2018.

Citation

“Helicon Home Colony,” Englewood Makes History, accessed October 2, 2026, https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/items/show/148.

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