Brainerd Jones
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Brainerd Jones was an American architect
who designed and built most of the architecturally significant buildings in Petaluma, California
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Jones is best known for designing three Carnegie libraries in Sonoma County, two of which are still remain standing and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
(Healdsburg & Petaluma). Jones also has seven other buildings which he contributed to and nine of which are on the National Register.
The overall importance and character of the Petaluma downtown can be partially attributed to Brainerd Jones' contribution. In Santa Rosa
, Jones also designed many significant buildings including the Exchange Bank (now destroyed), the Saturday Afternoon Club, the Petaluma Women's Club building, the Lumsden House, and the Oates-Comstock House.
The D Street area has a wealth of important old houses, many of which are attributed to Brainerd Jones, including the Byce House, used for the filming of Peggy Sue Got Married
; the Reynaud House as well as four other brick homes. Jones is known for his use of native stone in his buildings.
Other examples include: the 1917 Petaluma and Santa Rosa Electric Railway Depot (now the West County Museum) in Sebastopol, the 1922 addition to the C.C. Silk Mill in Petaluma, the 1911 remodel of the McNear Building in Petaluma and part of the McClay Building, the 1920 Petaluma Post Office (now a retail store), the Simon Pinschower House in Cloverdale, and the 1922 Petaluma Golf and Country Club Clubhouse.
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
who designed and built most of the architecturally significant buildings in Petaluma, California
Petaluma, California
Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. In the 2010 Census the population was 57,941.Located in Petaluma is the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark. It was built beginning in 1836 by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, then Commandant of the San...
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Jones is best known for designing three Carnegie libraries in Sonoma County, two of which are still remain standing and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
(Healdsburg & Petaluma). Jones also has seven other buildings which he contributed to and nine of which are on the National Register.
The overall importance and character of the Petaluma downtown can be partially attributed to Brainerd Jones' contribution. In Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
, Jones also designed many significant buildings including the Exchange Bank (now destroyed), the Saturday Afternoon Club, the Petaluma Women's Club building, the Lumsden House, and the Oates-Comstock House.
The D Street area has a wealth of important old houses, many of which are attributed to Brainerd Jones, including the Byce House, used for the filming of Peggy Sue Got Married
Peggy Sue Got Married
Peggy Sue Got Married is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Kathleen Turner as a woman on the verge of a divorce, who finds herself transported back to the days of her senior year in high school...
; the Reynaud House as well as four other brick homes. Jones is known for his use of native stone in his buildings.
Other examples include: the 1917 Petaluma and Santa Rosa Electric Railway Depot (now the West County Museum) in Sebastopol, the 1922 addition to the C.C. Silk Mill in Petaluma, the 1911 remodel of the McNear Building in Petaluma and part of the McClay Building, the 1920 Petaluma Post Office (now a retail store), the Simon Pinschower House in Cloverdale, and the 1922 Petaluma Golf and Country Club Clubhouse.
External links
- Brainerd Jones at www.sonic.net
- National Register #78000801:Old Petaluma Opera House in Sonoma County at www.noehill.com
- National Register #88000924: Healdsburg Carnegie Library in Sonoma County at www.noehill.com
- National Register #88000925: Free Public Library of Petaluma in Sonoma County at www.noehill.com
- National Register #86000386: Petaluma Silk Mill in Sonoma County at www.noehill.com
- National Register #83001245: W. H. Lumsden House in Sonoma County at www.noehill.com
- National Register #82002276: Simon Pinschower House in Sonoma County at www.noehill.com
- National Register #96000109: Sebastopol Depot of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway in Sonoma County at www.noehill.com
- Carnegie Libraries of California at carnegie-libraries.org
- http://www.krcb.org/television/on_demand/petaluma.htm
- Petaluma Historical Society Website
- McNear's Saloon with info about Lyman Byce.
- Blue Label at the Belvedere In the stately Belvedere Building