Mount Joy (Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania)

Mount Joy, also known as the Peter Legaux Mansion, is an historic, American house that is located in the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

[1] Built circa 1735 by Anthony Morris for his son John,[2][3] this historic structure is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a gambrel roof.

[2] Peter Legaux was the owner of "Spring Mill," a nearby gristmill that was in operation by 1704.

[3] Legaux also started the Pennsylvania Vine Company—which would become the first commercial vineyard in the US—on this property.

[4] Mount Joy was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.