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313:, an institution with strong family ties. In addition to being his father's alma mater, Brown was founded with assistance from Jones' great-great grandfather, Reverend Hezekiah Smith (1737–1805). Reverend Smith, born in New York, showed particular support toward Rhode Island for its advocacy of religious tolerance. During the
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Minneapolis soon after he arrived in the area. He is widely admired for his use of shingle coverage in a clubhouse design for the Minnetonka Yacht Club (1890–1943). With its multi-level rooflines resembling full sails on the water, the clubhouse design was said to appear to "possess the same
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in 1929, Jones, though past retirement age, continued to seek commissions to provide for his family's income. In 1932, he began one of his last
Minneapolis designs—the water tower built in his Washburn Park neighborhood. Still standing today as a city landmark, the tower was placed on the National
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Respected by colleagues for his design versatility, Jones was also masterful at understanding structural engineering. Described as possessing both an artist's eye and engineer's intellect, he set both aptitudes to work in winning combination. Among the four hundred+plus structures Jones designed,
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Midwest, but throughout the United States and as far away as Hawaii, China, and Burma. He earned his Asian commissions after a 1907 world cruise, embarked upon to recover following a near fatal car accident that
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Reverend Jones after the death of his mother when he was a toddler. The Joneses and the Smiths traced their
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Shingle Style architecture, a design gaining country-wide popularity through Richardson's work and influence on the eastern seaboard. Jones is credited with introducing
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Midwest's burgeoning profession of structural design by reorganizing the architecture curriculum at the
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Miracle on 41st Street, A 75 Year History of Judson Church 1909–1984." Presented at the Diamond Anniversary Celebration, Minneapolis, Minn. December 13, 1984
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in downtown Minneapolis, where he remained from 1886 to 1921. His work included designs for commercial, residential, and church customers with a roster of clients including businessmen
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resulted in a skull fracture. Choosing to spend the bulk of his trip in Burma with his missionary cousins, Jones made valuable contacts that led to his future designs for a
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architecture to Minneapolis. He created an impressive portfolio from neoclassic to eclectic, reflecting his unique brand of versatility and creativity.
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congregation of two thousand, a boys' school dormitory and chapel, a Shanghai college chapel, and a Canton mission building.
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352:Jones set up his practice in the newly completed
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932:. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sponte Valere Books.
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1021:. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
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