The Essenes were monastic, staying at monasteries like the great Essene complex at Qumran near the Dead Sea. (Hillsdale College - Ancient Christianity)
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered between 1947 and 1956 in 11 caves near Khirbet Qumran on the northwestern shores of the Dead Sea.
(The Israel Museum, Jerusalem - https://www.imj.org.il/en/wings/shrine-book/dead-sea-scrolls)
Also discovered at Qumran, the Essenes had reckoned some of the Hagiographa as canonical and did so before the 2nd century rivalry began.
(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. The Canon of the Old Testament by R. T. Beckwith. Pages 62.)