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2023: The Jones Farmhouse, is a c. 1860, gable ell house with Greek Revival influences. The stone building has a roughly L-shaped footprint created by a one-and-one-half-story, front-gabled section, and a one-story, side-gabled ell. Both sections are constructed of load-bearing stone walls and have asphalt shingle roofs. The front-gabled section’s roof is accented by cornice returns and a simple frieze. An open porch spans the length of the side-gabled section; it is topped by a shed roof that extends from the main gable.
The entrance is located on the westernmost bay of the ell’s façade (south elevation) and is approached by a concrete decked porch with a stone foundation. The porch is accessed by a set of concrete steps. The porch roof is supported by simple, wood columns that are evenly spaced. The entrance has a simple wood replacement door. To the right of the door is a one-over-one, wood sash window with a stone sill. The façade of the front-gabled section has four regularly spaced one-over-one, wood sash windows with smooth stone sills and segmental brick arches. A wood insert fills the gap between the windows and brick arches. At the base of the façade are two window wells with smooth stone lintels.
The east (side) elevation contains a central, stone chimney that intersects the gable roof. It is flanked by one-over-one, wood sash windows with smooth stone sills and lintels. The west (side) elevation is mostly plain and contains a single, fifteen-light replacement door that is accessed by a stone stoop and topped by a large, smooth stone lintel.
The north (rear) elevation of the ell contains a door opening that has been filled with wood boards and an adjacent one-over-one, wood sash window. The door and window each have a stone lintel mostly covered by the frieze board and a smooth stone sill. The north elevation of the front-gabled section is styled the same as the south elevation, but the windows are positioned slightly further apart.
Northeast of the house is a c. 1960 wood, gambrel roof garage. Southwest of the house, on the south side of Thomas Road, are the remnants of the original farmstead. Extant structures include a glazed tile silo and a wood barn with a raised stone foundation. Stone and concrete building foundations remain as well. West of the house is a c. 1954 Ranch-style house (W291N1527) with a c. 1960 addition.
In 1860, William Jones purchased the land east of the Thomas farmstead (AHI #7514). William had emigrated from Wales in c. 1856 and initially resided on his father’s farmstead in Genesee until he purchased the 120-acre property in Delafield. William married Mary Thomes and together they had three children.
In 1903, the Jones farmstead was inherited by William and Mary’s youngest son, John W., upon his marriage to Clementine Seaborn. During their time on the farmstead, the Jones family raised Guernsey cattle and supplied milk to both Milwaukee and Wales, Wisconsin.
Robert Thomas, neighbor, purchased the Jones farmstead in c. 1912. Robert and his family lived on the property until his death in 1919. His wife and children then moved to Hartland and rented the property to tenant farmers. Shortly after World War II, Robert’s brother, James, began living at the farm. In c. 1954, Robert’s son, Robert Parry, and his wife, constructed the Ranch home at W291N1527. James and his family resided in the home until 1965, after which, it sat vacant for ten years. In 1975, Robert Parry’s son, also named Robert, and his wife, remodeled the home and moved in. They remained in the home until 1993; since then the home has been rented to tenant farmers.
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