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Historic Pennsylvania: Ephrata Cloister, interior
FormatPostcard
Description2 pages
LanguageEnglish
City, StateEphrata, PA
DenominationBaptists
SubjectFine Arts
NotesFounded in 1732 by Conrad Beissel, a German Pietist and Mystic, who established an experimental Protestant religious community similar to the medieval monasteries of Europe. This is an interior view of a kitchen in Saron (Sister's House) built in 1743. Restoration by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comm. Open to the public.
CollectionJames R. Tanis Collection of Church Postcards
ContributorPrinceton Theological Seminary
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