Jones, Jacob

Jones, Jacob

Jacob Jones was a builder of the mid-19th century in Philadelphia. His known building projects were located in the Kensington neighborhood where he resided. The City Directory of 1850 lists Jones at 156 Queen street. He was elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1853 and served first as a Company Warden in 1862-64, a Vice President in 1884-86 and finally as President from 1887-1889. He also served many terms on the Managing Committee. Jacob Jones was likely related to John D. Jones who was elected to the Carpenters' Company in the same year. Jacob died in 1901.

Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes.

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Jones

Jacob

8/17/1901

1/17/1853

President, 1887-89

Vice President, 1884-86

Warden, 1862-64

Managing Committee, 1865-67,69-71,73-75,78-80,82-84

156 Queen - Kensington (CD) (1850)

807 New Market St.; fine example of mid-19th century

public school. Demolished 1969.

City Records D.C. Liens book #402; filed Apil 20, 1848; satisfied August 8, 1850 (with his signature) Jacob Jones vs. Abraham Desher. Claim for $1400 for work done and materials furnished against a 3-story brick building and lot of ground situate on the northwesterly side of the Frankford road at the distance of 73 feet 8 inches northeasterly from Jefferson street in the Kensington district of the Northerrn Liberties. --------------------- City Directory - 1850, 54 - Jacob, carpenter, 156 Queen - Kensington. --------------------- Ancestry.com Phila. City Directory - 1890 Jacob Jones, president of Carpenters' Company and surveyor, 34 N. 5th St. Home: 423 Richmond St. --------------------- "Philadelphia Preserved" Page 338. Fine example of mid-19th-century school. Built 1852; Samuel Sloan, architect; Jacob Jones, contractor. Demolished 1969.