Oneida Community Mansion House - View this location on map Oneida, founded in 1848 by John Humphrey Noyes as a 19th-century communitarian experiment, was one of America's most radical and most successful experimental communitiees. Perfectionism governed its activities, and the commumnity practiced complex marriages and selective breeding. Industries, including a silverware factory, fueled the economy, and when the community dissolved in 1881, business operations continued as a joint stock company. The rambling U-shaped building that housed the entire community is maintained essentially unchanged as a museum by Oneida Ltd. 170 Kenwood Avenue, Oneida, New York Historical

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