Mouns Jones House
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 by and features a brick chimney for a large, 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.
