Property Record
125-127 W JAMES
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JONES BLOCK |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28463 |
| Location (Address): | 125-127 W JAMES |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1896 |
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| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Columbus Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/5/1992 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/22/1992 |
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| Additional Information: | JOHN A. JONES, ALONG WITH HIS UNCLE, HAD THIS BUILDING CONSTRUCTED. JONES OPERATED A DRUG STORE ON ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND HIS COUSIN OPERATED A JEWELRY STORE ON THE OTHER. "John A. Jones learned his trade working several years for John Williams in the Corner Drug Store before building this block with his uncle. He has a drug store on one side and his cousin had a jewelry store on the other. At one time, Jones owned all of the drug stores in Columbus. His success is reflected in the house he built." Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
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| Bibliographic References: | COLUMBUS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE TOURS, COLUMBUS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1994. Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |