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Mill Grove is located on the west side of the village of Audubon, just north of Valley Forge National Historical Park.The estate consists of more than 130 acres (53 ha) of mainly woodlands on the south bank of Perkiomen Creek, bounded on the south by Pawlings Road.
Built in 1762 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Mill Grove was the first American home of the artist, author and naturalist John James Audubon. Between 1803 and 1806, Mill Grove and its surrounding fields and woodlands first inspired young Audubon's passion for painting and drawing birds.
John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove: Audubon: Montgomery: Delaware Valley: Historic first U.S. home of John James Audubon, museum features a combination of nature, art, and history and houses all of Audubon’s major works including “Birds of America”; 5 miles of trails. It also serves as the headquarters for Audubon PA.
The homestead Mill Grove in Audubon, Pennsylvania, is open to the public and contains a museum presenting all his major works, including The Birds of America. The Audubon Museum at John James Audubon State Park in Henderson, Kentucky, houses many of Audubon's original watercolors, oils, engravings and personal memorabilia.
18th-century grain mill Mill Grove: Audubon: Montgomery: Delaware Valley: Historic house: Home of John James Audubon, art museum and Audubon wildlife sanctuary ...
Mill Grove, in 2012. Sutcliff also visited Mill Grove, then owned by Jean Audubon, a retired French sea captain living in Nantes, France. [14]: 478 Lead deposits had been discovered on the farm, and Captain Audubon formed a partnership with French businessman Francis Dacosta to mine the ore.
Perkiomen Creek joins the Schuylkill River approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) downstream of the community of Audubon, the location of the National Audubon Society wildlife sanctuary Mill Grove Farm, once the estate of 19th-century ornithologist John James Audubon. [2] Its largest tributary is East Branch Perkiomen Creek.
Grey Towers National Historic Site, also known as Gifford Pinchot House or The Pinchot Institute, is located just off US 6 west of Milford, Pennsylvania, in Milford Township.