On the Ridge, the group established their tabernacle.  Because of their separate lifestyle, they became known as “the Hermits on the Ridge.”  The people of Germantown in Philadelphia where they were first known, also called them the “Rosenkreutzers,” which is German for Rosicrucians.

The monastery building shown in the drawing below was built in 1737 by the Zionitic Brotherhood for the continuing Rosicrucian work of Conrad Mathaii who succeeded Kelpius. The Brotherhood was established at the Ephrata Cloister.