Lower Macungie Township Historical Society

Lower Macungie Township Historical Society Our Vision: to collect, preserve, and celebrate the history of Lower Macungie Township of Lehigh Coun Protected by copyright.

About the LMT historical society

The history of Lower Macungie Township, in western Lehigh County, is being preserved today by a group of dedicated local residents who have seen much of the traditional township landscape disappear in recent years. We can still see many barns and old stone homes, often beautifully restored to suit our modern way of life. But the farmsteads themselves are in most

cases no longer active, and housing developments have taken over much of the farmland. The Lower Macungie Township Historical Society was formed in 1989, initially to save a log house built in about 1790 from demolition. The log house, in the village of Wescosville along busy Route 222, a former King's Highway, was moved a hundred yards west into a township park, where it is being maintained by the society. Plans are to restore the interior as funds become available. The society is developing an Historic Structures Inventory and conducts a public lecture series on local history in conjunction with the Macungie Historical Society and Kalmbach Memorial Park. All photographic images on this site are provided by Focus On This Photography & Kevin Shoemaker.

08/16/2026
The Lower Macungie museum at Camp Olympic Park will be open on Sunday, August 16, from 1 to 4. No admission charge; fre...
08/15/2026

The Lower Macungie museum at Camp Olympic Park will be open on Sunday, August 16, from 1 to 4.
No admission charge; free parking; handicapped accessible.

Posted in Lehigh Co. Genealogy by Darlene SchneckNames of the local men who helped Benjamin Franklin build Fort Allen in...
08/09/2026

Posted in Lehigh Co. Genealogy by Darlene Schneck

Names of the local men who helped Benjamin Franklin build Fort Allen in early 1756 during the French and Indian War. This fort protected the Lehigh Valley from war parties that might have come through the Lehigh Gap.

The Lower Macungie museum at Camp OIympic Park will be open on Sunday, August 9, from 1 to 4. It's free, air-conditione...
08/08/2026

The Lower Macungie museum at Camp OIympic Park will be open on Sunday, August 9, from 1 to 4.
It's free, air-conditioned, and has plenty of parking near the entrance.

08/07/2026

Historic Preservation is Under Threat! Please read!

For those of you who missed the WDIY interview with Dan Hertzog and Sarajane Williams about the "Fries Rebellion" film, ...
08/02/2026

For those of you who missed the WDIY interview with Dan Hertzog and Sarajane Williams about the "Fries Rebellion" film, you can tune in here:

John Pearce is joined by Dan Hertzog and Sarajane Williams to talk about the locally-produced film 'The Fries Rebellion,' which tells the story of one of America's lesser known parts of history.

The Lower Macungie museum will be open on Sunday, August 2, from 1 to 4 p.m.We are in Camp Olympic Park off Cedar Crest ...
08/01/2026

The Lower Macungie museum will be open on Sunday, August 2, from 1 to 4 p.m.
We are in Camp Olympic Park off Cedar Crest Blvd. The museum is in the lower level of the barn near the playground area.
It's air-conditioned, there's lots of parking, and it's handicapped accessible.

Address

3120 S. Cedar Crest Boulevard; Camp Olympic Park
Emmaus, PA
18049

Opening Hours

1pm - 4pm

Telephone

+16109673653

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