Ephrata Commercial Historic District
Ephrata Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 36 contributing buildings in the central business district of Ephrata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: historic district in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Central Business District” and “Downtown Ephrata”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mentzer Building and Ephrata Cloister.
Mentzer Building
Building
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Mentzer Building is a historic commercial building located at Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889, and is a three-story, brick building in the Queen Anne style.
Ephrata Cloister
Museum
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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.
Ephrata High School
School
Ephrata High School is a sub-urban/urban, public secondary school in the Ephrata Area School District located in Ephrata in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ephrata and Akron.
Ephrata
Town
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Ephrata is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 42 miles east of Harrisburg and about 60 miles west-northwest of Philadelphia and is named after Ephrath, the former name for current-day Bethlehem.
Akron
Village
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Akron is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 4,169. Akron is situated 2 miles southwest of Ephrata Commercial Historic District.
Ephrata
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Ephrata Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,391 at the 2020 census.
Ephrata Commercial Historic District
- Categories: historic district, heritage site, historic site, and locality
- Location: Borough of Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.17862° or 40° 10′ 43″ northLongitude
-76.17723° or 76° 10′ 38″ westOpen location code
87G55RHF+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1307345671OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5382370
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Visitor Center and Ephrata Train Station.
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