John W. Jones House

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location= Elmira, New York
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 6
lat_seconds = 27
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 49
long_seconds = 26
long_direction = W
locmapin = New York
area =
built =1868
architect=
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added = October 10, 2003
governing_body = Local
refnum=03001019cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The John W. Jones House currently stands at 1250 Davis Street, Elmira, New York, across from a historic entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery. It stands on part of its original property, though it originally faced College Avenue.cite web|author=Anthony Opalka and Virginia L. Bartos|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:John W. Jones House|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=11512|date=August, 1983|accessdate=2008-09-14 and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=11519 "Accompanying 4 photos, from 2003"] ]
John W. Jones came to Elmira as an escaped slave from Virginia in the 1840s. He was an active abolitionist and worked extensively with the Underground Railroad. He became sexton of Woodlawn Cemetery. During the American Civil War, he was resposible for burying the Confederate dead from the nearby Elmira prison camp in the section of the cemetery that eventually became Woodlawn National Cemetery. The John W. Jones House is built, at least in part, from portions of the camp sold at auction upon its disbandment. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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