Welcome to The 1803 House in Emmaus, Pennsylvania


Mailing address: Post Office Box 7, Emmaus, PA 18049;  Email: friends@1803house.org; 
Location: 55 South Keystone Avenue, Emmaus, PA 18049;


The mission of "The Friends of the 1803 House" is to help preserve and maintain the 1803 House, as a museum for the community of Emmaus.
We protect the past while ensuring the next generation of Americans will learn from the lessons of our history.

1803 House Fundraiser at Stone Cellar Farm Winery...June 5. 2025

  

Stone Farm Cellars Vineyard...June 5th from 5:30 to 8:00pm... Join us at the winery for an evening of good wine, with good friends and for a good cause while listening to the acoustic sounds of Hannah Violet. Tickets are $30 which includes one drink and grazing board. Plus, additional drinks and food available for purchases. Try your luck at winning a raffle of exquisite local art, garden and 50.50. Grazing board was graciously donated by Santander Bank of Emmaus. Contact an 1803 House member, email friends@1803house.org or call 484-264-8645 to reserve a ticket, payable at the door with cash, check or Venmo. Also, tickets will be available at the door.
             

1803 Yard Sale...Saturday, May 31, 2025, 8am to noon


Emmaus Copmmunity Yard Sale...May 31, 2025 from 8am to noon; rain date the 8th: The Emmaus Community is having one big yard sale and the 1803 House is participating.  There will be antiques and quality household items for sale.  All proceeds go the the preservation and restoration of th 1803 House...

Lehigh Valley Passport to History at the 1803 House

Lehigh Valley Passport to History at the 1803 House on June 28, 2025...The Lehigh Valley Passport to History is a celebration of local history, stories, and the community that brings Lehigh Valley history to life. The event gives an opportunity for visitors, to explore local history through a variety of museum tours, interactive exhibits, children’s activities, and more. The 1803 House has been participating sinc 2019.  Stay tuned for the 2025 activities will be...
                 

The 1803 House:

In 1803, Jacob Ehrenhardt, Jr. built this stone, Federal-style home for his wife Susanna and their four daughters, Barbara, Anna Marie, Anna Eleonora and Suzanna.  It was located near the Moravian Church, surrounded by crop fields, the South Mountain and a stream nearby. The house preserves the architecture of the Moravian culture of Colonial Pennsylvania and is located at 55 South Keystone Avenue, Emmaus, PA and is managed by The Friends of the 1803 House. More history;


 

1803 House Archeological Dig:

Since 2015, Lehigh University Archaeology Professor David Small, has been working with teams of students and Emmaus volunteers on excavations at the 1803 House. Lehigh's enterprise was not the first, however. In 2012 Ryan Loughren, a teacher at  Seven Generations Charter School, took several students to dig south of the kitchen. In 2017, the project took on an exciting new focus. Lehigh University will be constructing an integrated, interactive website which will contain not only the information from the excavation, but the information from the 1803 House itself. This new focus is only possible through the "Mellon Digital Initiative Grant", which Lehigh University helped the 1803 House procure. That same year the excavating crew uncovered a "privy". In 2019, the team completed their excavation of the site. They preserved the site walls and then placed clean fill over the area. Now, the 1803 House, anxiously awaits the release of the new website being created by Lehigh University students. More on Dig;
 

Become a Friend of the 1803 House...

To become a "Friend" click on the "Become a Member" button below mail it with your tax-deductible contribution.

Attend an 1803 House or Emmaus Event:

For more information Go to Events;

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Planned Programs...
The 1803 House also
gives slide show presentations to a group or
organization at another location. Since we totally rely on donations to achieve our mission, we 
would greatly appreciate a donation.  To
schedule a planned program, contact us.

1803 House Education Programs:

 
We currently have an educational partnership with nearby Seven Generations Charter School and East Penn School District. For more nformation Go To Education or contact us

1803 House & Dale Earnhardt Jr.:

     
Why was NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in Emmaus?  His Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather was Johannes Ehrenhardt who was the father
of Jacob Ehrenhardt Sr., who was the father of Jacob Ehrenhardt Jr., who built the 1803 House.  
Morning Call article; or  "Ramblings from the Bench"; Paul Reinhard-Morning Call