A tall house
Begun in 1732, the Ephrata Cloister was a colony of men and women who retreated from worldly distractions. From the Ephrata Cloister web site: "Celibate members followed a life of work balanced with hours of private prayer. Wearing white robes, they adopted sparse diets, and slept little, all in an effort to provide discipline as they prepared for an anticipated heavenly existence. Labors included farming, papermaking, carpentry, milling, and textile production." The architecture of their homes and buildings was sometimes classic, sometimes odd, to my untutored eye.
A tall house
Begun in 1732, the Ephrata Cloister was a colony of men and women who retreated from worldly distractions. From the Ephrata Cloister web site: "Celibate members followed a life of work balanced with hours of private prayer. Wearing white robes, they adopted sparse diets, and slept little, all in an effort to provide discipline as they prepared for an anticipated heavenly existence. Labors included farming, papermaking, carpentry, milling, and textile production." The architecture of their homes and buildings was sometimes classic, sometimes odd, to my untutored eye.