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Moravian Gemein House, Bethlehem, PA, circa 1870.
Credit: Courtesy of the NYPL digital gallery, New York Public Library
More than a century after the community's founding, this schoolhouse continued to operate in Bethlehem. Like similar structures in Lititz, Nazareth, and other towns originally settled by German Pietists, the Gemein House was a center for educational and cultural activities.