Ephrata Cloister
The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The grounds of the community are now owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and are administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Ephrata Cloister | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Pennsylvania state historical marker | |
Women's Building and Meetinghouse | |
| Location | Jct. of US 322 and 272, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| Built | 1732 |
| NRHP reference No. | 67000026 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 24, 1967 |
| Designated NHL | December 24, 1967 |
| Designated PHMC | March 18, 1947 |
| Part of a series on the |
| Schwarzenau Brethren (the German Baptists or Dunkers) |
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Marie Kachel Bucher, the last surviving resident of the Ephrata Cloister, died on July 27, 2008, at the age of 98.
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