Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 03001123 Architectural style Federal architecture | Built 1803 Opened 1803 Added to NRHP 7 November 2003 | |
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Location 55 S. Keystone Ave., Emmaus, Pennsylvania | ||
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. 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.
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.
The house is open for tours by appointment by the Friends of 1803 House.