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
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.
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