Editing Emmaus, Pennsylvania (section)

===18th century===
Emmaus was settled in the early 1700s during the [[Colonial history of the United States|colonial era]] by [[Germans|German]] [[Protestantism|Protestants]] of the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] and [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed]] faiths who were fleeing religious persecution in Europe. Its earliest German settlers were primarily farmers. 

In 1741, the land on which present-day Emmaus is located was donated to the [[Moravian Church]] by Sebastian Heinrich Knauss and Jacob Ehrenhardt for the purpose of creating a closed faith-based village. The village was originally named Salzburg.<ref name="Emmaus"/> At the time of its founding in 1759, Emmaus was one of four leading Moravian communities in the [[Thirteen Colonies]]; [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], [[Lititz, Pennsylvania|Lititz]], and [[Nazareth, Pennsylvania|Nazareth]], each in Pennsylvania, were the three others.

Two years later, in 1761, Moravian Bishop [[August Gottlieb Spangenberg]] announced the town's new name would be Emmaus, saying "Now here we build a village small; toward its completion we give all. Here, too, our hearts within shall flame; Emmaus then shall be its name."<ref name="Emmaus"/> For approximately 100 years, until the mid-19th century, Emmaus was a closed community of the Moravian Church. Emmaus was named for the [[Bible|Biblical]] village of [[Emmaus]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry|year=1905|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n118 119]}}</ref> where, according to the Bible's [[Gospel of Luke]], [[Jesus]] was seen by his disciples [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]] and [[Cleopas]] in what is known as his [[Road to Emmaus appearance]] following his [[Crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion]] and [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]].<ref>Luke 24:12-35</ref>

Three historic Emmaus residential structures built during the 18th and early 19th centuries, each still standing, have been added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[Shelter House]], constructed in 1734 by [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] settlers, is the oldest building structure in Emmaus and the oldest continuously occupied structure in the [[Lehigh Valley]].<ref name="Emmaus">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20211018165141/http://lehighvalleymarketplace.com/emmaus/  "Emmaus"]}} at Lehigh Valley Marketplace</ref> [[The 1803 House]] was built in 1803 in Emmaus by [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Revolutionary patriot militia]] member Jacob Ehrenhardt, Jr., son of one of the founders of Emmaus.<ref>[https://www.emmauspl.org/1803-house 1803 House] at Emmaus Public Library</ref> [[Kemmerer House]], built between 1840 and 1950, is a farmstead house in Emmaus.