Company Overview
Historic Trappe was formed on January 1, 2020, by the merger of the Trappe Historical Society and The Speaker’s House. Together, we offer a research library, archives, and exhibition galleries at the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies located in the Dewees Tavern as well as two historic houses open for tours–the Henry Muhlenberg House, a fully-furnished museum interpreting the families of Lutheran pastor Henry Muhlenberg and his son General Peter Muhlenberg, and the Speaker’s House, home of Frederick Muhlenberg and an ongoing restoration project. Historic Trappe is also the owner of the Muhlenberg parsonage, built in 1745 and currently undergoing architectural investigations in preparation for restoration.