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Each year the Nicholas Stoltzfus House Preservation Committee hosts a benefit auction on the second Saturday in May. The auction serves to preserve the Nicholas Stoltzfus House and to build facilities to accommodate family gatherings and other visitors. The House is located in Wyomissing next to Berks County Parks along the Tulpehocken Creek which include trails, The Gruber Wagon Works, and a Union Canal museum. Exit Route 222 North from Reading, take Broadcasting Road east 1 half mile to the end, turn right, go about a mile to 1700 Tulpehocken Rd. Come for food, quilts, furniture, etc. For information call 717-367-3906, 610-373-6206 or email Paul Kurtz, psku@aol.com

 

The 8th Annual Nicholas Stoltzfus House Auction
Saturday May 8, 2010

 

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Auction 2010

This morning I rise in thankfulness

The Lord is building a House

A place of joy and honor

For many a thousand.

The sun shone in great mercy

Winds were well contained

The precipitation

Was only a little rain.

Except the Lord will build the barn

We all will labor in vain

Yet as we work together

All gain

They came across the ocean

It took a month or more

With them in their journey

Was the Lord.

The Lord is going with us

We do not build alone

And He will still be present

When we are gone.

Paul Kurtz - 2010

 

The barn design is halfway between a barn and a carriage house. The plans include restrooms, a meeting area, some archival space, and a small apartment. The rendering and model of the barniage are shown below. The completed barn will enable groups such as reunions to assemble at the Stoltzfus House, have a picnic in a pavilion which will be shared with Country Meadows, and then cross the Tulpehocken Creek for the trails, the Gruber Wagon Works, or the Canal Museum. All this will make a family day special.

The proposed barn

The barn model

 

Contacts for the annual May auction:

Mose Smucker - Auctioneer - AU4088
To donate items for the auction call 717-354-8834
To obtain an auction sale bill call 717-445-5956
To volunteer to help at the auction call 610-488-0843
Any questions call 717-367-3906

The House is located in Wyomissing next to Berks County Parks along the Tulpehocken Creek which include trails, The Gruber Wagon Works, and a Union Canal museum. Exit Route 222 North from Reading, take Broadcasting Road east 1 half mile to the end, turn right, go about a mile to 1700 Tulpehocken Road. For information call 717-367-3906, 610-373-6206 or email Paul Kurtz, psku@aol.com

Map of 1700 Tulpehocken Rd., Wyomissing, PA 19610-1213


2009 Auction

Paul Stoltzfus Kurtz Mr. NSH

The Chor

The Choir

The Chor

The Chor

The Chor

2008 Auction

Toad Rock

2007 Auction

Cooking and making ice cream

Jay Stoltzfus