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A Visit at the Hottensteins, Cover photo and pages 1-3 article in "Der Reggeboge" (The Rainbow), Quarterly of the Pennsylvania German Society, Vol. 8, No. 1, March 1974. Contains 10 Halftone images, interior and exterior, with details, from photographs, with captions. Cover photo shows Victorian porch before 1980s restoration. View additional im
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Gray scale copy, possibly of a previous copy with the following in pencil on verso: "Mouns Jones House built 1716 by Mouns Jones + Ingabo Yocum Jones. [The penciled "Yocum" is crossed out and replaced with penned "Leicon"… Datestone stolen{n}, will be replaced. This is a copy of an oil painting - painted by Miles Dechant" (an artist and architect born
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Digital image of a drawing (with caption) that appears on page 32 of "Pennsylvania German Architecture" (Home Craft Course volume 19 ) published by Mrs. Naaman Keyser in Kutztown, PA. and written by Richard S. Montgomery, A.I.A. Drawing depicts the datestones and inscriptions on the XXXX wall of the Hottenstein House. Image appears on the top third of th
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Photo #1 is a c. 1957-1965 image of the original datestone after collapse of roof in c.1957. 2d Photo was taken after 1965-72 restoration, on a bedstone in niche under stone lintel; roof and upper wall masonry have been re-constructed. Photo #6 show the relief inscription on the restored date-stone restored date-stone, after its rescue and return to th
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One-page article with photos from a booklet titled "Oley Valley, An American Cultural Island" (vol. I , No. 7) published by the American Folklife Society in 1973. Article briefly discusses location and history of the Mouns Jones House.
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Black and white photographic print showing northwest perspective view of the Mouns Jones House after partial restoration. Details include: pargeted masonry remnants; restored brick gable-end chimney detail; replaced wooden-shingle roof; vacant datestone niche [upper-center of eaves wall]; post-1886 vertical hung-sash windows [see discussion of temporary
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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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Mouns Jones House, brief paragraph re: general history & datestone (1886) Text from page 945 of the book ”History of Berks County” by Morton Montgomery, copyright 1886 by Everts and Peck, Philadelphia. Page begins by giving background information on Swedish settlement in Amity. Paragraph beginning ”Old Swede Building” talks briefly about the history of
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“Black and white photographic print of an earlier photograph (published as hal?one at p. 132 of vol. III of the Proceedings of the Historical Society of Berks County) showing southwest perspec%ve view of the Mouns Jones House”. Details include: gable-end chimney [left]; post-1886 porch [see 1886 woodcut view without porch in MJHDWG2--1000.01.089]; 19
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Black and white photographic print showing southwest elevation view of the Mouns Jones House after restoration. Details include replaced roof, wooden casement windows, re-created bake oven, new board-and-batten shutters, 18th-century period-type [but lacking ogee, cyma, or other mouldings] doorway frame replacing 19th-century board-sheathed recessed
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Description: Black and white photographic print showing southwest elevation view of the Mouns Jones House as received by HPTBC in 1964. Details include: surviving southwest eaves wall; gable-end [left] and corner [right] chimneys; early casement [second story, north (left) bay], and 19th-century hung-sash window frames; 19th-century board-sheathed doorway.
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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 alignme
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Black and white halftone image from a photograph by Nicholas B. Phillipson showing a southwest perspective view of the Mouns Jones House. Details include: 19th-century hip-roofed porch, 19th-20th century fenestration, parged masonry walls. Compare window openings, proportions, and alignment in this photo to the artist's woodcut rendition [c.1886] in MJHD
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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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Details include: random rubble masonry; replacement casement windows; beaded board replacement door and frame; gable-end chimney centered on roof ridge; 1716 date-stone; replacement wooden-shingle roof; projecting "water table"{a} stonework at above-grade foundation of eaves wall; alternating-stone corner piers ["quoins"]; board-and-batten shutter. {a} A s
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Architectural Drawing of the North, South, East and West Elevations of the White Horse Tavern, as restored. See Multimedia Link for full resolution image.
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