For five generations and more than 140 years, our family-owned business has helped log and timber home buyers build one-of-a-kind homes designed to last for generations. Throughout that time, our commitment has remained the same: serving as a trusted partner from the first conversation through the final stages of construction. That commitment begins at our production facility in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, where we mill virtually every wood surface that goes into an Estemerwalt home.
Estemer-who?
One of the questions we hear most often is, “Where did the name Estemerwalt come from?”
In the mid-1920s, patriarch Peter Propst purchased the land and lake where our production facility and log home office are located today. The property was originally intended for recreation, and the sawmill would not move from Archbald, Pennsylvania to Honesdale until years later.
In 1929, the dam on the property required reconstruction. After the project was completed, Peter chose to rename the lake after his three children: Esther, Emery, and Walter. Lake Estemerwalt was born.
When the company expanded into log home manufacturing during the 1980s, the name changed from Propst Lumber to Estemerwalt Log Homes to reflect this new chapter while honoring the property’s history and the family’s legacy.
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