The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . The Kloster. as the Kloster. The cluster of houses seen upon theright is prominent from the extreme pitch of the highgabled roof of the chief building. This is known as the. Sister House and Saal from Sout: Saal or prayer hall, and stands at right angles with theSister House, whose gable end at this point is just visibleover the tops of the out-buildings. The peculiar large andrambling building towards the left, standing alone in themeadow, is what remains of the old Brother House
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . The Kloster. as the Kloster. The cluster of houses seen upon theright is prominent from the extreme pitch of the highgabled roof of the chief building. This is known as the. Sister House and Saal from Sout: Saal or prayer hall, and stands at right angles with theSister House, whose gable end at this point is just visibleover the tops of the out-buildings. The peculiar large andrambling building towards the left, standing alone in themeadow, is what remains of the old Brother chapel or Saal, with the extensive galleries whichonce adjoined it, has long since been demolished. TheKloster presse^ or Ephrata printing establishment, is saidto have been located in the lower corner of this house. All these ancient buildings are now occupied as tene-ments, except the Saal proper, which is still devoted to itsoriginal uses, religious services being held upon the scrip-tural Sabbath by the local Sabbatarian or German Seventh-Day Baptist congregation. The smaller dwelling among the trees, about equi-distantbetween the two groups of large buildings, was once thecabin of Father Friedsam, the founder and master-spiritof the Community. The elevation just beyond
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