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THE HOUSE
His,~orical
The Jones is one of the earliest homes constructed in the area
immediately east of Texas A&M ( in . Built in the summer and
subdMsion, it is still occupied by Mildred Jones who has now resided there for 50 years.
The prop~y on which the Jones House was constructed ~s a long history of ownership,
with after who a league of land (4428 is now Brazos
County in 1831 ( Following
880.25 acres were
among her grand .
Two of the partitioned ~ of 237acres and one of 280
by Mary
Kapczynsk¢;
sold it to Horace
Wincentz
118. In 1911, Cooper
reached they sold in 1891 ~0
One month later, sold the tract to FrankVavran~ Vavra built a onthe property
and farmed it
his wife, Minnie, sold
called' Hills
Estates one4.'
The
the lots were to be lots with a
Sr~2. When diedin 1936,
comprised of
the College
200 acres as a new sion,
in 1940 that, (1)
(2) the building plans and spe would be db5 (3)
the not be less than 1200 (5)
could not ~ of the main (6) a sewer disposal
system should be (7) "no or lot or
estate, or shall be done to the
neighborhood," (8) a $2.00 maintenance fee be streets and pm~ks, (9)
restrictions would ~ for 25 years only, (10) of any one would not
the other s, and (11) an of five feet would be at the rear of
each lot.
On July 7, 1948, the sold Lot 71in Woodlands
subdivision to Jones and his wife, for to Mrs. Jones, the
house was completed by when the Jones and their two in~7. Jones, who
was a faculty member ~ the Civil Engineering Dep at T , built houses as a means of
supplementing his from the In to the house at 1212 Munson, he also
built the adjacent houses at 1214and 1210 as well as s the
made the and Woodlands for only
$10. The HallB for most, if not all,
of these ventures while construction
business.
A
The Hills the
cited N.E.
1940 and
living
anda
Intrinsic
The Jones is as an of in the City of
well
inn~
As a Truman R. Jones, Jr. was a figure in the
Having
his
and
h 21
gone towards t e war effort . Thus, the flurry of building activity following the war signifies the
first serious and Station.
Social
built a
different from other within the
homes
member in
long time the
swimming at the Andres.
Bill, Nancy,
Mrs. Jones of some
at the ~lpepper house and
s House~ ~acmg
i. IVING ROOM
Figure 2.
Floor plans of the Jones House.
Figure 3 Front and right elevations of the Jones House
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