Southwest perspective view

Digital copy of an original black and white photographic print showing a southwest perspective view of the Mouns Jones House, taken by H. Winslow Fegley from the ramp to the covered bridge across the Schuylkill River.. Details include: 19th-century half-hip roofed porch; 19th- and 20th-entury fenestration (compare window openings, proportions, and alignment in this photo to the artist's woodcut rendition [c.1886, rendered from the same perspective] in MJHDWG2--1000.01.089 and MJHTX4--1000.01.063) and other photo records in these archives; fully pargeted masonry walls; datestone [variously described as "granite," and a "soapstone tablet" in the January, 1902 article in the "Pennsylvania German" periodical cited in record MJHPH65--1000.01.070 Note written in lower right corner reads, "OLDEST HOUSE IN BERKS COUNTY/DOUGLASSVILLE, PA (SEPT 12, 1911)" Laurence Ward, Sept. 2010