The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

EDWARD VASON JONES

Edward Vason Jones began his career in 1936 with the design and construction of the Gillionville Plantation near his hometown of Albany, Ga. The project impressed Hal Hentz of prestigious Atlanta firm of Hentz, Adler & Shutze so much that he hired Jones as draftsman and superintendent of construction, despite his lack of formal architecture training.

In 1948, after a brief stint designing wartime ships for the U.S. Navy in Savannah, Jones established his own practice in Albany, where he worked until his death in 1980 . His Ecole des Beaux-Arts-influenced designs across the South continue to inspire today's architects.

Edward Vason Jones, by William R. Mitchell, Jr. with photography by Van Jones Martin, details Jones's life and work, portraying him as one who fulfilled the promise of Georgia's neoclassical tradition and achieved a national reputation as a scholarly architect, connoisseur and collector. More than 200 illustrations depict the full range of Jones's work, from a well house in rural Georgia to the White House in Washington.

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