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Matthew Jones House. / 37.16028°N 76.60306°W / 37.16028; -76.60306. The Matthew Jones House is a historic plantation house located on Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia. The house sits on a hill toward the northern end of Mulberry Island, overlooking the James River. It was built ca. 1725 as a one-and-a-half-story frame dwelling ...
The Matthew Jones House was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register on November 5, 1968 and the National Register of Historic Places on June 11, 1969. The house is opened to the public as a museum property by the Fort Eustis Historical and Archaeological Association (FEHAA). For more information please call the FEHAA at 757-872-8283 or email ...
LEE HALL MANSION 163 Yorktown Road, VA 23603. JAMES A. FIELDS HOUSE 617 27th Street, VA 23607. Find More Business. Matthew Jones House is one of the iconic landmarks in Newport News, VA. Initially built in 1725 as a one-and-a-half-story frame dwelling with brick chimneys, the House underwent two significant ren...
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Jan 7, 2016 · 1. Matthew Jones House Marker. Inscription. Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the eight original Virginia shires formed by 1634, became extinct in 1952 when it was designated the city of Warwick.
Merchant and planter Matthew Jones built a frame hall-chamber house with earth-fast posts and the present chimneys about 1720. He followed with a substantial kitchen in 1727, as evidenced by a brick with that date that was salvaged and used in the house during a remodeling in 1892. A guardian for Jones's son replaced the house walls with brick ...
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. BY MARK ST. JOHN ERICKSON/DAILY PRESS. NEWPORT NEWS — When Matthew Jones II began erecting a house on Mulberry Island overlooking the James River about 1720, he quickly ...
Jan 7, 2016 · Location. 37° 9.628′ N, 76° 36.189′ W. Marker is in Newport News, Virginia. It is in Fort Eustis. Marker is at the intersection of Harrison Road and Taylor Avenue on Harrison Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Eustis VA 23604, United States of America. Touch for directions.
