G. W. Jones House
{{short description|Historic house in Michigan, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = G. W. Jones House
| nrhp_type =
| image = GW Jones House.jpg
| caption = The house in September 2012
| location = 180 W. Main St.,
Marcellus, Michigan
| coordinates = {{coord|42|1|38|N|85|49|2|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Michigan#USA
| area = {{convert|1.3|acre}}
| built = {{Start date|1886}}
| architecture = Stick style/Eastlake
| added = December 9, 1994
| refnum = 94001427{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
| designated_other1 = Michigan State Historic Site
| designated_other1_date = January 17, 1986
}}
The George Washington Jones House is a private house located at 180 West Main Street in Marcellus, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1986 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
History
George Washington Jones was born in 1824 in Preble County, Ohio, the son of Henry and Hannah Jones.{{citation | title = A Twentieth Century History of Cass County | author = L. H. Glover | year = 1906 | pages = 412–414 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S7XEZoObB5QC&pg=PA412}} The family moved to Michigan in 1830, where the younger Jones helped his father on the farm. In 1851, this father died and Jones was named executor of the debt-laden estate. In 1853, he married Emma S. Sherman; the couple had two sons: Frank S. Jones and Carroll S. Jones (whose nearby house is also on the National Register). Through hard work and a shrewd business sense, Jones eventually accumulated some wealth and paid off all debts by 1862.
In 1870, as the railroad was being built, Jones recognized that the present site of Marcellus would be an attractive place for a village, and purchased the land and platted it out. That same year, his wife Emma died. In 1876, Jones married Lizzie Osborn. In 1877, he opened the G.W. Jones Exchange Bank in Marcellus, which was eventually run by his sons, and continues to be run by his descendants.{{cite web | title = History | publisher = G.W. Jones Exchange Bank | url = http://www.gwjonesbank.com/a_history.htm | accessdate = December 29, 2013 | archive-date = December 30, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232945/http://www.gwjonesbank.com/a_history.htm | url-status = dead }}
In 1888, Jones built this house for himself and his wife.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/17665.htm |title=Jones, George Washington, House |publisher=Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online |accessdate=December 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234534/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/17665.htm |archivedate=December 30, 2013 }} The lived there until his death in 1896. It was vacant for a span of time in the 1980s and 1990s.
Description
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External links
- [http://www.gwjonesbank.com/ G.W. Jones Exchange Bank]
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Category:Stick-Eastlake architecture in Michigan
Category:Houses in Cass County, Michigan
Category:Michigan State Historic Sites
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Cass County, Michigan