(Ambridge, Pa) It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Ambridge Historic District EDC is hosting its Christmas in the Historic District in partnership with Old Economy Village’s Christmas at the Village event Saturday, December 2, 2023, from 2PM to 9 PM and Sunday, December 3, 2023, from 2PM to 7 PM. This event has something for everyone. It’s a seasonal experience to remember for the whole family.
Activities scheduled throughout the historic district including carriage rides, pictures with Santa at the Laughlin Memorial Library, and an open house celebration at the Ohio Valley Lines train museum. Get your holiday shopping done early at Historic Ambridge’s 4 antique shops including Akulina’s Antiques, Bird and Bear, Good Intent Trading and Rivertown Antiques. Homemade food will be available from the Historic District’s food booth, sweet treats, seasonal offerings and specials from Two Sister’s Bakery and Café, and Old Crow Coffee shop. Check out the Live Nativity at Saint John’s Lutheran Church on Saturday, December 2 from 5PM and German food offerings. Stay and enjoy the whole weekend at the Heslet House B&B, Epochary Inn, or Cobblestone Suites.
To learn more and see the complete weekend schedule, please visit Ambridge Historic District’s Facebook page.
Old Economy’s will be celebrating their 25th annual Christmas at the Village featuring candlelit cobblestone streets and historic buildings decked out in their holiday finery. Local vendors will be selling unique handmade items for last-minute holiday gifts. Enjoy carolers and musicians as they stroll through the village. Children will get a chance to meet Belsnickel (the Pennsylvania Dutch Santa Claus) and see if they are on the naughty or nice list. Admission required.
The Ambridge Historic District EDC (AHDEDC), a 501 (c) (3), is dedicated to improving Ambridge’s Historic District’s vitality and livability and encouraging a walkable neighborhood. Past projects include new welcome banners on area light poles, refurbished street signs, lighted visitor kiosks, and interpretative markers with information on area attractions and local history. In addition to spearheading the historic restoration of endangered buildings, AHDEDC has installed over 20 National Historic District markers on landmark properties.
The Ambridge Historic District is located 18 miles NW of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River in the Borough of Ambridge. This 32-acre National historic district contains the original buildings of the Harmony Society, a German communitarian sect that settled here in 1824. Within the Ambridge Historic District is the 6-acre museum of Old Economy Village with 17 restored historical buildings in original locations surrounded by gardens.