Mill Grove

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Mill Grove
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Mill Grove
Location:	Audubon, Pennsylvania
Built/Founded:	1804
Architect:	Morgan,James
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	March 16, 1972
NRHP Reference#:	72001138[1]
Governing body:	Local

Mill Grove is a historic stone house in Audubon, Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the first home in America of painter John James Audubon for which the community is named. It is maintained as a museum and wildlife sanctuary by Montgomery County.

Mill Grove was owned for 17 years by Audubon's father, Jean, a French sea captain. In 1803, Captain Audubon sent his youthful son John James to Mill Grove to supervise the estate that included a working lead mine.

The house serves as the educational center of the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Audubon Society. The estate comprises 175 acres with more than five miles of trails. The house features a museum displaying original Audubon prints, all of his major oil paintings and memorabilia.

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• John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove
• Montgomery County Historic Sites: Mill Grove

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