Bon Homme Hutterite Colony

Bon Homme Hutterite Colony, located in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, is the mother colony of all Schmiedeleut Hutterite Colonies in North America and also the oldest Hutterite Colony in the world still in existence.

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Limestone House at Bon Homme Colony
Limestone House at Bon Homme Colony
Bon Homme is located in South Dakota
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Location within South Dakota
Bon Homme is located in the United States
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Bon Homme (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°51′50″N 97°42′24″W / 42.863889°N 97.706667°W / 42.863889; -97.706667
Country USA
State South Dakota
BranchSchmiedeleut II
StatusActive
Founded1874
Mother colonyHutterdorf, Ukraine
Daughter colonies
Bon Homme Hutterite Colony
Area25 acres (10 ha)
MPSHistoric Hutterite Colonies TR
NRHP reference No.82003913[1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1982

It was founded in 1874 by Hutterite immigrants from what is today Ukraine under the leadership of Michael Waldner (1834–1889), who reestablished communal living among the Hutterites in Hutterdorf, Ukraine, in 1859. It was the only Hutterite Colony that did not relocate to Canada after World War I.

25 acres (10 ha) of the site were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]

Bon Homme Hutterite Colony in 2012 belonged to the more conservative Committee Hutterites, also called Schmiedeleut 2.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bon Homme Hutterite Colony". National Park Service. Retrieved February 19, 2024. With accompanying pictures
  3. ^ Bon Homme Hutterite Colony (Tabor, South Dakota, USA) at Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online