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Black and white photographic print showing east elevation of the Mouns Jones House after wall restoration and roof replacement, prior to re-opening doorway through center of wall. A vertical joint line can be seen to the left of the lower portion of the pargeting in the center bay of the first floor wall. The 1961 HABS data sheet [MJHTX1--1000.01.018] states
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Mouns Jones House, post 1965-1970 restoration, east elevation view, including reconstructed bake oven. (See records MJHPH10 & 12). Details include: stone corner chimney from parlor [left], brick gable-end kitchen chimney [right], random-rubble masonry, replicated bake oven (on original foundation, as found) on north [right] gable wall; restored and/or re
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Color photographic print depicting a perspective view from southwest showing new (c.1966) roof rafters set in beveled channels in wall plate{1}. Ink notes on verso: "All material used except shingles from an old log house 27 miles away." Pencil notes on verso: "Gable restored and hand-pegged rafters in place . . . . . .old rafters and beams for attic floor."
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Color photographic print showing northeast perspective view of the Mouns Jones House during 1965-1970 restoration. The Michael Fulp House appears at left edge of photo. Details include: restored stone corner chimney [left]; restored brick chimney on north [right] gable-end; early doorway in center of wall has not yet been re-opened; Wooden casement window
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Black and white photographic print showing northwest perspective view of the Mouns Jones House after partial restoration in 1965-70. Details include: restored brick gable-end chimney; replicated bake oven on original stone foundation, according to Barry Stover field notes; pargeted masonry walls; replaced wooden shingle roof; replicated early-period doorw
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Black and white photographic print showing northwest perspective view of the Mouns Jones House after roof replacement and restoration of masonry walls--view prior to removal of 19th-century fenestration{1} and installation of casement windows. Details include: pargeted masonry remnants; restored brick gable-end chimney; replaced wooden-shingle roof; vaca
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MJHPH62: Description Two versions of a postcard, color and in black and white (see NOTE for more information on the images): From Morton Montgomery's 1886 History of Berks County: "Mounce Jones, an early Swede, built the first stone house in 1716 along the Schuylkill River. This is the oldest structure in Berks County. Mounce Jones and Ingabo, his wife, t
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Black and white photographic print showing northeast perspective view of the Mouns Jones House after restoration of top courses of stonework, new roof, restoration of 19th-century brick (right gable-end on roof-ridge) chimney [later restored to random rubble masonry], re-opening of centered doorway, restoration of stone gable-end corner chimney [left], and r
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Digital image of photographic print showing southeast perspective view of DeTurk House. Details include: brick oculus above gable hood, recently shingled pent roofs (SW corner shingles of west pent damaged), pedimented hood above attic door. The oculus [now bricked shut] was probably originally a vent for the attic storage area ("granary"). First floor an
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Digital image from original photographic print showing southeast perspective view. Note on reverse side of photo reads "BEFORE RESTORATION" Details shown in this image include: gabled pent hood over attic door, brick gable-end chimney in south gable-end wall, Victorian slate roof, clay-tiled shed-form pent hood over ground level kitchen door in east ea
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Photographic print showing southeast perspective view with restored outlookers. Note on reverse side of photo reads "NEW ROOF OF CLAY TILE, OUTLOOKERS FOR PENT ROOF" Details shown in this image include: brick gable-end chimney, clay tile roof, pent hood, restored outlookers.
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Black and white photographic print showing southwest perspective view of the Mouns Jones House after roof replacement, restoration of masonry walls and chimneys. Details include: pargeting remnants, new brick gable-end chimney [left], restored random rubble masonry corner chimney [right], replaced wooden-shingle roof, commemorative plaque, new attic win
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Digital image of a perspective view of Mouns Jones House from woodcut engraving published on page 945 of “History of Berks County, Pennsylvania” by Morton Montgomery, pub. by Everts & Peck, Philadelphia. Montgomery describes the building as in a “good state of preservation”, of dimensions 36 by 21 feet. This is the earliest known image of Mouns Jones House,
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Three black and white photographic prints (two showing southeastern perspective views and one southwest perspective view), of the Mouns Jones House in the 1940s, before its partial collapse prior to 1958; a photo of notes on the verso of Image #1; one color photo of subgrade masonry on the river-side of the house; a map of the “Philadelphia Trading Area”; an
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Black and white photographic print showing west elevation view of the Mouns Jones House with replaced roof. Details include: 19th-century asymmetric fenestration prior to removal and replacement with casement windows; new brick gable-end chimney, laid in running ["stretcher"] bond; replaced wooden-shingle roof; surviving and rebuilt random rubble masonry
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