page_title: Mouns Jones House
hierarchical_section_title: Mouns Jones House
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Swede's House (aka Monce Jones House) on the NRHP since January 21, 1974. On Old Philadelphia Pike in Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (between Reading and Pottstown). Built 1716, maintained by Berks County Historical Society. On the banks of the Schuylkill River.
context_page_description: Mouns Jones House, also known as the Old Swede's House, is a historic home located in Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1686, and is a 2 1/2-story, three bay, stone dwelling. It measures 24 ft by 30 ft and features a brick chimney for a large, 9 ft kitchen fireplace. It is the oldest surviving house in Berks County and one of the few remaining examples of a Swedish settler's dwelling. The house was restored by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County. It is open to the public periodically during the year as part of the Morlatton Village historic site.
  It was built by Mans Mouce Jonasson and his wife Ingeborg Petersdottir. Mans Mouce Jonasson was the son of the first Governor of New Sweden Jonas Nilsson.
  Mans Mouce Jonassons' great-great-grandson was Francis Duke was the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1812 to 1816.
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
context_section_description: Mouns Jones House, also known as the Old Swede's House, is a historic home located in Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.   It was built in 1686, and is a 2 1/2-story, three bay, stone dwelling.  It measures 24 ft (7.3 m) by 30 ft (9.1 m) and features a brick chimney for a large, 9 ft (2.7 m) kitchen fireplace.  It is the oldest surviving house in Berks County and one of the few remaining examples of a Swedish settler's dwelling. The house was restored by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County. It is open to the public periodically during the year as part of the Morlatton Village historic site.
  It was built by Mans Mouce Jonasson (November 10, 1663 in Fort Christina, Delaware - December 12, 1754 in Douglassville, Pennsylvania) and his wife Ingeborg Petersdottir (September 5, 1665 in Gunnarskog, Sweden - December 17, 1749 in Fort Christina, Delaware). Mans Mouce Jonasson was the son of the first Governor of New Sweden Jonas Nilsson (September 3, 1620 in Dalarna, Sweden - October 23, 1693 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
  Mans Mouce Jonassons' great-great-grandson was Francis Duke (November 29, 1783 in Berkley, Virginia - December 8, 1836 in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia) was the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1812 to 1816.
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
caption: Old Swede's House, March 2011
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