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Ambridge: George Rapp House
Ambridge: George Rapp House George Rapp House in the historical Old Economy Village, Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

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Ambridge, borough (town), Beaver county, western Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Ohio River, just northwest of Pittsburgh. Within its boundaries is the former village of Economy (1824–1904) established by the communal Harmony Society, led by George Rapp. The Rappites (Harmonists) were religious immigrants from Württemberg, Germany, who had previously settled at Harmony, Pennsylvania, and Harmonie (now New Harmony, Indiana). The community prospered for about 50 years but declined largely because of the practice of celibacy. In 1901 the American Bridge Company, a manufacturer of structural steel, purchased 2,500 acres (1,012 hectares) of land from the Harmonists and established a town, which ...(100 of 158 words)

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