Become a member of Jacobsburg Historical Society The Jacobsburg Historical Society (JHS) is a member-supported nonprofit organization founded in 1972. Our mission is to preserve and present the art and industry of making early American firearms and the character of the individuals and community that created and sustained that enterprise. JHS makes its home at the Boulton Historic Site, part of the Jacobsburg National Historic District. The Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum is located in the old Henry Family Homestead at Boulton, 403 Henry Road in Nazareth. The John Joseph Henry House, Summer Kitchen, and Grounds, including the Early American Craft Center and Nicholas Hawk Gun Shop, are located at 402 Henry Road.Membership provides free admission to the Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum, the J Joseph Henry Home Museum, Summer Kitchen, Nicholas Hawk Gun shop, and operating Blacksmith shop. Members also receive free admission to our non-ticketed Living History events including: World War II Weekend in JuneMarket Faire and Rendezvous in OctoberChristmas at Boulton in DecemberMembers receive regular communication about our special events, programs, and a subscription to our newsletter, The Jacobsburg Record. 10% discount on select JHS logo items in the museum gift shop and an invitation to our annual meeting of Jacobsburg Historical Society. Jacobsburg Historical Society runs on Volunteers! Please consider becoming a volunteer in one of the many areas including: Genealogy, Henry History, Local History, Gardening, Docents for the museums, Early American Craft Education, Event Coordinators, and more! Please reach out with any interest! *Please note: When purchasing a membership there is an OPTIONAL donation to JHS and then during checkout, Zeffy recommends a contribution percentage, which goes to Zeffy NOT JHS. This is completely optional and $0.00 can be entered to bypass this contribution to Zeffy, if desired. Thank you for understanding that this is not directly related to JHS. Please direct any questions to info@jacobsburghistory.com

As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, Jacobsburg Historical Society gratefully accepts donations to support our programs. Our mission is to preserve and present the art and industry of making early American firearms and the character of the individuals and community that created and sustained that enterprise. JHS makes its home at the Boulton Historic Site, part of the Jacobsburg National Historic District.The Society’s programs are currently presented to the public via museum exhibits, a historic house museum, living history encampments, youth opportunities, annual publications, and early American craft courses. There are many ways you can support the Jacobsburg Historical Society: unrestricted contributions; historical items to add to our collection; gifts designated for a particular museum or program; gifts of stock or other appreciated property; and trust arrangements and bequests through your will.Your contributions can help us to preserve this rich heritage. For more information about making a charitable contribution to the Jacobsburg Historical Society, please contact the Society office at info@jacobsburghistory.comPlease note: during checkout there is an optional contribution to Zeffy, our fundraising platform, that is not affiliated with Jacobsburg Historical Society.

During this ten-week program, the students should acquire the basic knowledge needed to build a Pennsylvania Longrifle.The course will consist of approximately 60 hours of instruction in building a rifle under the direction of our skilled instructors, this will be intertwined with some “Hands-on History” by examining some fine original rifles from The Jacobsburg Collection. We want the student to gain a greater appreciation of the art and beauty of the American long rifle.We recommend an apprentice gun builder start with quality parts and a pre-shaped stock, with the barrel and ramrod channels started. A pre-shaped stock still requires a great deal of work to complete but will greatly reduce the chance of apprentice apprehension. For this class, the following materials are included in the course fee a profiled full length stock, barrel and breach plug, flintlock assembly with required mounting hardware, breach mount screw, barrel tennons and pins, front sight, rear sight, trigger, trigger plate, trigger pin, trigger guard, thimbles, side plate, nose cap, butt plate, toe plate. The required book for this class will be: The Art of Building the Pennsylvania Long Rifle by Chuck Dixon and Dave Ehrig, which is also included in the Course fee.*Please note during checkout, that Zeffy will suggest a percentage contribution which is completely optional and unrelated to JHS or this program. If desired, $0.00 can be entered in this field.