Jacob Ehrenhardt Jr. House

Jacob Ehrenhardt Jr. House

Jacob Ehrenhardt Jr. House, October 2012
Location 55 S. Keystone Ave., Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°32′23″N 75°29′11″W / 40.53972°N 75.48639°W / 40.53972; -75.48639Coordinates: 40°32′23″N 75°29′11″W / 40.53972°N 75.48639°W / 40.53972; -75.48639
Area less than one acre
Built 1803
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 03001123[1]
Added to NRHP November 7, 2003

Jacob Ehrenhardt Jr. House, also known as the 1803 House, is a historic home located at Emmaus, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1803, and is a 2 1/2-story, fieldstone house, with a Federal side-hall plan. It has a 1 1/2-story, rear kitchen wing. It features a slate-covered roof. The house was restored in the 1980s.[2] It is open as a historic house museum. Originally it had changed so that the toilet was near the old living room. A Rodale-funded restoration put furniture back in their correct rooms.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

History

Ehrenhardt Sr. had been one of the founders of Emmaus as a settlement of the Moravian Church in 1747. His son, Jacob Ehrenhardt Jr. joined the Northampton County militia in 1782 and served in the American Revolution. He was expelled from the Moravian Church for serving in the military, but was later accepted back. He worked as a shoemaker, farmer and tavern keeper. The house was occupied into the 1950s.[3]

The house is open for tours by appointment by the Friends of 1803 House.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Tim Noble (April 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jacob Ehrenhardt Jr. House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  3. ↑ Historical sign in front of the house, Friends of the 1803 House, undated
  4. ↑ Emmaus Patch, retrieved 3/25/2012


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