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The Charles Gasham Jones Farmstead
located at 12601 N.E. 108th Street Jones, Oklahoma
The town of Jones was named after Charles Jones.
Picture 1-house and windmill
Picture 2-summer kitchen
Picture 3- Water Tank
Picture 4- Barn and Silos
The above pictures accompanied the application to the National Registry for Historical Property.
Application was approved under category B-- (Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past)The Charles G. Jones Farmstead is located within the town limits of Jones, Oklahoma, in a lightly populated rural setting. The surrounding farm and pasture land is composed of 320 total acres, of which approximately 200 acres is under cultivation. The farmstead operation area emcompasses 8.25 acres, more or less, and includes a farmhouse dating to c. 1900, a summer kitchen, a storm shelter, a windmill, a water tank, two silos, a barn, a corn drying kiln, and a hay barn. A hog barn, a horse barn and a small shed were destroyed in a grass fire in the 1970's. The haybarn is of recent vintage and is considered noncontributing. The house has been empty for a number of years and has suffered some damage from neglect and vandalishm. It is being rehabilitated by the current owners; non-historic additions and the asbestos shingle siding are being removed, exposing the original wood lap siding. The farmstead and the house still retain a high degree of integrity of location, setting, feeling, association, and design.
The Jones Farmstead follows the planning concepts common at the time for placing structures in relationship to function. Living areas and livestock areas were located according to the prevailing winds. The barns and outbuildings of the Jones farmstead show this pattern. Living and work areas are clustered upwind of the animal barns. This area is known for its prevailing southwesterly winds during the spring and summer months and this plan would distribute noise and odors away from the house.
The house is the primary building of the Charles G. Jones Farmstead. It is a T-plan I-house with three bay facade. The entry is centered and features a transom. It is flanked by large, 1/1 windows with simple drip molds and 4" surrounds. The second floor has three 1/1 windows. A wide frieze board interrupts the lintels. The gable ends feature a single 1/1 on each floor. The south gable end's first floor window is larger than the others, being the feature window of the house. The roof is side-gabled, with full, pent, returns. The brick chimney is offseton the rear ell, and the entire roof has new asphalt shingles. It once had wood shingles. The foundation is brick, fired in Chandler, and stamped "Chandler, O.T." A full width porch with flat roof spans the facade. The porch has four Tuscan columns. Changes include the addition of asbestos shingle siding, an aluminum screen door, and a shed roof addition on the south side of the ell (since removed). Interior materials are intact with minor modifications when plumbing and wiring updated. (Pic. 1 above)
The Summer Kitchen (abt 1900): This small board and batten building served a number of functions. It acted as a summer Kitchen, a root cellar, and as a wood shed. THe wood shed section on the rear has been removed. The building features a gabled roof that cantilevers over the entrance, original wood shingles, a brick chimney and a brick foundation. The building stands just to the north of the main house. (Pic 2 above)
Water Tank (abt 1905) is located northwest of the summer kitchen. This cylindrical structure is constructed of interlocking, curved clay tile. A wooden door is on the south side, giving access to the area below the holding tank. It is approximately 25' in height, the upper 18' being the holding tank. (Pic. 3 above)
Storm Shelter (abt 1910): Located to the northwest of the house, this simple structure consists of a concrete, barrel arch roof protruding slightly above grad. a wooden door allows access to the shelter. It has poured concrete walls and floors.
Windmill (abt 1900): Located east of the summer kitchen and north of the house, the 40' tall windmill tower still retains the pipes and pump it used to fill the water tank and provide water to the house. The fan and tail have been removed. (Pic. 1 above)
Corn Drying Kiln (abt 1910): The corn drying kiln is a cylindrical, riveted steel plate object used to dry green corn. It features a tall, metal flue centered in the flat top and an opening in one side for lading and unloading corn. It is located in the pasture north of the famhouse, north of the former location of two burned barns.
Barn (abt 1910): The barn is located approximately 550 feet west of the corn drying kiln. It is constructed of clay tile on the side walls, and corrugated metal over wood on the gable ends. The roof is also sheathed in metal. The interior supports are untrimmed tree trunks and the rafters and purlins are also roughly finished logs. It measures 60'X75'. The attached corral is made up of auto and truck body frames welded together. ID plates on some of the parts indicate models from the 1920's. (Pic. 4 above)
Silos (abt 1910): Located north of the barn are two clay tile silos. They are made of the same curved tile as the watertank. Pic. 4 above.
Hay Barn (abt 1980) Noncontributing due to age. Is used to store hay bales.
Source: http://townofjonescity.com/
and National Register of Historic Places Application and pictures.
