Oley Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Oley Moravians

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

1. Oley Moravians Marker

Inscription. A building erected about 1748 by Moravians, for use as a church and school, stands on the side road, about 1.5 miles away. Here they conducted a boarding school, 1745-51; and built a later schoolhouse, since demolished, in 1776.

Erected 1948 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1748.

Location. 40° 22.402′ N, 75° 46.628′ W. Marker is near Oley, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is in Oley Township. It is on Memorial Highway. The marker is near Mine Lane. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1278 Memorial Hwy, Oley PA 19547, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: De Benneville House (approx. 2.2 miles away); Fisher House (approx. 2.4 miles away); Exeter Friends Meeting (approx. 4.2 miles away); Daniel Boone Homestead (approx. 5.8 miles away); Fleetwood Metal Body Company (approx. 5.9 miles away); Lincoln Homestead

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(approx. 6.3 miles away); Hopewell Village (approx. 6.4 miles away); Daniel Boone (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oley.

Another marker is no longer nearby. De Turk House (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . MarkerQuest - Oley Moravians. Information about the Oley Moravians and photographs of the old school. (Submitted on September 15, 2021, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

2. Oley Moravians Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,783 times since then and 94 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.