George Howell Jones
George Howell Jones (1887–1950) was an American architect. He designed many school buildings in the Portland Public School District in the 1920s and 1930s.
Life[]
George Jones was born on May 24, 1887, in Portland, Oregon. His father, Thomas J. Jones, was also a Portland architect, and designed some of the early school buildings in Portland. Jones went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated with a degree in architecture in 1913.[1] His thesis was "a design for a building for the supreme court of the United States."[2]
Once he had graduated, he worked for the firm York and Sawyer,[3] and was a lieutenant in the U. S. Army Combat Engineers. He also worked for the firm Crow, Lewis, and Wick.[1] Between 1920 and 1934, Jones worked for Portland School District No. 1, where he, along with Floyd Naramore, designed over twenty new schools.
Jones was a member of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 to 1942. By 1940, he had moved on to working in a partnership with Harold Dickson Marsh, as a firm known as Jones & Marsh. George Howell Jones died from a heart attack in Portland, Oregon on January 9, 1950.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Ritz, Richard (2002). Architects of Oregon. Portland, OR: Lair Hill Pub. ISBN 9780972620024.
- ^ Bulletin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1911. p. 1478. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ Bevan, Lynne; Pell, Danat (1917). Catalogue of Delta Epsilon. The Fraternity. p. 243. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
george howell jones architect.
- Architects from Portland, Oregon
- 1887 births
- 1950 deaths