National Historic Landmark-Ephrata Cloister

National Historical Landmark-Ephrata Cloister

Erected between 1740 and 1746, this group of buildings shows a strong German architectural influence.

The cloister is part of a self-sufficient community founded by a German Pietist mystic in 1732.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks

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Ephrata Cloister

Surviving buildings of the famous Ephrata community of Seventh Day Baptists, founded by Conrad Beissel, 1732. Turn to the right here to see this State historic shrine.

Marker is at the intersection of PA 272 and US 332, on the right ...

Ephrata Cloister

Surviving buildings of the famous Ephrata community of Seventh Day Baptists, founded by Conrad Beissel, 1732. Turn to the right here to see this State historic shrine.

Marker is at the intersection of PA 272 and US 332, on the right ...