Historic Pennsylvania: Ephrata Cloister. Founded in 1732 by Conrad Beissel and a group of German Pietists, who established a Protestant Monestery known as the German Seventh Day Baptist. Buildings shown are the Saron (Sisters' House), the Saal (Place of Worship), and Beissel's Cottage. Restoration by the Pennsylania Historical and Museum Commission.
"Vorspiel" - depicting the unique life of the solitary in the 18th century Ephrata Cloister - is presented regularly during summer months - at the Cloister, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
Historic Pennsylvania: Ephrata Cloister, Founded in 1732 by Conrad Beissel and a group of German Pietists, who established a Protestant monastery known as the German Seventh Day Baptist. Veiw shows interior of the Saal (Church). The chamfered pilasters are two stories high. The table is pegged pine plank, 16.5" x 21". On the wall, an original Fraktur-Shriften (Biblical sayings and poem) in the early writign school. Restoration by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
