Old Economy Village
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Old Economy Village is an historic settlement that is located in Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, it lies on the
The Rapp house in Old Economy Village, Pennsylvania.
Harmony Society church in Old Economy Village
Grotto (far left) and statue of Harmonia in the Harmony Society gardens in Old Economy Village.
Interior of the Feast Hall, which was used for communal celebrations.
Harmony Society
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The Harmony Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785. Due to religious persecution by the Lutheran Church and the government in Württemberg, the grou
Old Economy Village
…Commission, it lies on the banks of the Ohio River and is surrounded by downtown Ambridge. The village is the last of three settlements established by the Harmony Society in the United States (another in Pennsylvania and one in Indiana). Founded in 1824, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark District in 1966…
Johann Georg Rapp (George Rapp) 1757–1847
Harmony Society building in Harmony, Pennsylvania, built in 1809.
Harmony Society buildings in New Harmony, Indiana.