Carroll Jones House
Carroll and Bessie E. (Caul) Jones House
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Location | 170 W. Main St., Marcellus, Michigan |
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Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1898 |
Architect | Alan Clother Varney |
Architectural style | Dutch Colonial Revival, Romanesque Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 97001482[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 1, 1997 |
Designated MSHS | January 17, 1986[2] |
The Carroll and Bessie E. (Caul) Jones House, also known as Poke's Cottage or The Stone House, is a private house located at 170 West Main Street in Marcellus, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1986[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
History
Carroll Sherman Jones was born in 1857, the son of Marcellus founder George Washington Jones and his wife Emma Brewster (whose nearby house is also on the National Register).[3] He went into his father's banking business, running the G.W. Jones Exchange Bank in Marcellus from its founding.[4] In 1891. Jones married Bessie E. Caul;[5] the couple had two children. The Jones house was constructed for the family between 1898 and 1900 from a design by the Detroit architectural firm of Alan Clother Varney.[2] Carroll Sherman Jones continued to work at the bank until his death in 1921.[4]
Description
The Carroll Jones House is a two-story structure with both Dutch Colonial Revival and Romanesque Revival elements.[2] It has a large gambrel roof clad in red slate with green slate on the gable ends, and a round conical-roof tower in the front facade. The first floor is faced with massive hand-cut fieldstone blocks and contains a round porch with Tuscan columns.[6] The interior is decorated in Arts and Crafts style, with quarter-sawn oak doors, trim, and cabinetry.[2]
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