Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones
Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones (1818–1897), also known as A.D. (Boss) Jones or Boss Jones, was an American master carpenter and architect who designed and built a number of notable Greek Revival style farmhouses in Schenectady County, New York. He also built two notable Octagon houses. His work was based in Duanesburg, New York.
Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones
- Name
- Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones
- Born
- August 10, 1818
- Birthplace
- probably Columbia County, New York
- Died
- May 15, 1897
- Spouse
- Mary Liddle (January 20, 1848)
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect · carpenter
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Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones (1818–1897), also known as A.D. (Boss) Jones or Boss Jones, was an American master carpenter and architect who designed and built a number of notable Greek Revival style farmhouses in Schenectady County, New York. He also built two notable Octagon houses. His work was based in Duanesburg, New York.
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Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones (1818–1897) was an American architect and carpenter. The architect was born in Columbia County.
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Some of his buildings employed innovative stacked plank construction. Eight of his notable works were covered in a study of Boss Jones Thematic Resources and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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• Name — Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones • Born — August 10, 1818 • Birthplace — probably Columbia County, New York • Died — May 15, 1897 • Spouse — Mary Liddle (January 20, 1848) • Significant Projects — Greek Revival style farmhouses and Octagon houses
Selected works
Selected works
• Avery Farmhouse, c. 1850 • Becker Farmhouse, c. 1850 • Alexander Liddle Farmhouse, c. 1850 • Robert Liddle Farmhouse, c. 1850 • Jenkins Octagon House, c. 1855 • Ladd Farmhouse, c. 1855 • Shute Octagon House, c. 1855 • A.D. (Boss) Jones House, c. 1860
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1818
Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones was born in 1818 at Columbia County.
1897
Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones died in 1897.
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- 1.Duanesburg Historical Society, "Alexander Delos Jones" in Duanesburg and Princetown, Arcadia Publishing, 2005
- 2.Martha Liddle Gifford Genealogy of the Liddle family
- 3.unnamed. National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Boss Jones TR. National Park Service. October 1984.
- 4.2009a.
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