The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . stationon the Reading & Columbia railroad, finds himself in themidst of a typical modern Pennsylvania-German town. Afew paces below the railroad is the chief square of theborough. Here Main and State streets intersect. It is anold cross-roads, where formally stood a provincial tavernwith its necessary outbuildings. It was known as GrossCorner and Gross Hollow. This old landmark was thenucleus for the present town. Now two large hotels uponopposite corners and an imposing business
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . stationon the Reading & Columbia railroad, finds himself in themidst of a typical modern Pennsylvania-German town. Afew paces below the railroad is the chief square of theborough. Here Main and State streets intersect. It is anold cross-roads, where formally stood a provincial tavernwith its necessary outbuildings. It was known as GrossCorner and Gross Hollow. This old landmark was thenucleus for the present town. Now two large hotels uponopposite corners and an imposing business block have sup-planted the old-time hostelrie, and form what is virtuallythe centre of the town. From this point the fine broad street is a sloping one,gradually ascending towards the east as it leads up to theEphrata mountain, with its erstwhile renowned springs inthe background. Westward the street descends at an easygrade until it reaches the Cocalico, which is spanned byan ancient stone bridge of several arches. As one leavesthe centre of the town in either direction the business An Old Roadside The German Sectarians of Pennsylva>iia. houses gradually give way to the comfortable homes, neatand tidy, such as are to be found in every Pennsylvania townand village wherever the German element predominates. The houses, set well back from the street line, are of astyle of architecture characteristic to Pennsjdvania Ger-mans, mostly two story, having an ample front porchwith benches at either side of the door, trellised withsweet-flowering vines. All woodwork and paint is keptscrupulously bright and clean. In summer nearly all thedwellings have neat flower-plats in front, while in the rearthere is an ample kitchen-garden, which is invariably at-tended to by the wife or matron of the home. Anotherpeculiarity is that all houses are built with the gable endtowards the side, none facing the street. The finely shaded main street, originally the Brandywineand Paxtang road, and i
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