You’ve driven past it many times.

Maybe you walked on by.

You might have attended events there.

You didn’t think twice.

“Emmaus Triangle History 1759-2025,” will give you a closer look when the documentary film premieres, with two screenings, noon and 1:15 p.m. June 27, Emmaus Theatre, in a benefit for The Emmaus Historical Society.

The film’s producer-director, Scott Stoneback, and the film’s videographer-editor, Greg Roth, are expected to attend the screenings and participate in question and answer sessions afterward.

Evans Wealth Strategies is sponsor of the premiere.

The documentary was funded by a grant from the William B. Butz Memorial Fund with additional underwriting by The Media People, Inc.

The 12.30 min. film is the first documentary commissioned by the Emmaus Historical Society. The Emmaus Theatre screening includes a 13-min. slide show of photos.

“We’re very excited to share this with the community. That’s part of our mission: to preserve history and present the information to the community,” says Linda Boehmer, President, Emmaus Historical Society.

“Emmaus Triangle History 1759-2025” has received two Platinum Awards, the highest honor given in the 20th annual Hermes Creative Awards, in the Documentary and Educational Video categories, from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.

The Documentary recognition was for the use of interviews in telling a story in an interesting and creative way.

The Educational Video recognition was for the use of visuals and audio in telling a compelling historical story.

The Hermes Creative Award statuette is a symbol of the ancient Greek messenger who, according to myth, was the Olympian god of literature, orators and poets.

Some cities have squares. Some cities have circles. Emmaus has a triangle.

“From what we can tell, we are pretty much in the minority to have a Triangle in our town,” says Andrew Kerstetter, Vice President, Emmaus Historical Society. “It really is a unique feature of the town.

“Honestly, I don’t know that anyone knows how they chose to pick that shape,” Kerstetter says.

“The community dates to 1759. The Triangle dates to about 1850,” says Kerstetter.

“We assume that the Triangle was formed when the Eagle Hotel was built.

“By the early 1920s, the buildings on the Triangle had become pretty much dilapidated. At that time, they consisted of the Eagle Hotel, a livery stable, a barbershop and a news agency,” says Kerstetter.

“After a lot of back and forth between the Borough of Emaus [as it was then spelled] officials and concerned citizens, the structures were demolished.

“There’s now a restriction on the deed that it must remain a park for the public and no buildings can be erected there.” Kerstetter continues.

The buildings on the Triangle were demolished in 1923. The Triangle was rededicated in 1924. The Emmaus Triangle is 10,870-square-feet, or approximately one-quarter of one acre.

Of the Borough of Emmaus, Kerstetter notes, “It was named after Emmaus in the Bible. In the early years, it was a closed Moravian community. In the 1830s, it [the borough’s name] went to one M. In 1938, it [the spelling] went back to two Ms.”

Kerstetter mentions Scott Stoneback’s family history in Emmaus:

“Robert Stoneback, Scott’s great-grandfather, was founder and first president of Rotary Club, owned Emmaus Savings and Loan and was in the insurance business and real estate business in Emmaus. Scott’s grandfather, H. Walter Stoneback, owned a pharmacy on the triangle.” Stoneback’s father, Dalton, was born in Emmaus.

“We were happy and grateful to be able to work with Scott [Stoneback], and to our knowledge, there hadn’t been anything concise done about the Triangle,” says Boehmer.

Copies of the film will be available for purchase at the screenings.

Plans are have the film available to show in the Emmaus Historical Society Museum, 218 Main St., Emmaus.

The documentary is part of Emmaus’s “America250” celebration.

“It wasn’t initially planned that way when we started the project a year ago,” says Boehmer.

The Emmaus Historical has several “America250” events underway.

There’s an “Historic Emmaus Walking Tour,” 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. June 27.

“In May, one of our members, Mary Parsell, researched Colonial Period beer recipes and gave the information to Matt Yergey, brew master, Yergey Brewing,” Boehmer says.

The result, Yergey’s Goode Ale, “was brewed in celebration of the US 250th anniversary with the Emmaus Historical Society,” states Yergey’s website.

The Emmaus Historical Society will hold “Emmaus Heritage Festival,” July 25, at its museum as part of the borough’s “America250” celebration, July 24, 25 and 26.

For the documentary film, Kerstetter provided photographs and background history about them. Greg Roth of The Media People, Inc., touched up many of photos. Stoneback says that the editing required more than 300 hours.

“Greg [Roth] really got into looking at the pictures and doing a timeline for the documentary,” Boehmer says.

The Media People, Inc., now in its 51st year, has produced more than 2,000 films and received more than 75 national and international awards.

“Emmaus Triangle History 1759-2025” screenings, Q&As, noon-1 p.m.; 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. June 27, Emmaus Theatre, 19 S. Fourth St., Emmaus. Tickets: $5, at the door. Information: https://www.emmaushistoricalsociety.org/