Franklin County, United States
Tauy Jones House
Franklin County, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Find out more
Built between 1863 and 1867 in Ottawa, Kansas, the Tauy Jones House is a sandstone structure with Italianate and vernacular architectural features, constructed on the site of a log trading post and hotel destroyed by pro-slavery arsonists in 1856. The stone was quarried near Fort Scott and transported by wagon. The house was home to John Tecumseh "Tauy" Jones, a man of half Chippewa heritage who served as an interpreter for the Pottawatomie, led and ministered to the Ottawa tribe, befriended John Brown, and co-founded Ottawa University. The residence hosted notable visitors including Horace Greeley, while John Brown frequently stayed in a nearby grove across the creek. Though local legends claim the house served as an Underground Railroad station and that Abraham Lincoln slept there, only Greeley's visit is verified. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1972, and is also registered as a historic place in Kansas.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- house
- Materials
- sandstone
- Heritage
- listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Franklin County, United States
This building on
Architecturally similar
Tauy Jones HallOttawa, United States
Lewis HouseTallahassee, United States
E. Fay and Gus Jones HouseFayetteville, United States
John K. Voorhees HouseMahaska County, United States
Old Depot MuseumOttawa, United States
Duey and Julia Wright HouseWausau, United States
James Sheeley HouseChippewa Falls, United States
Carey HouseWichita, United States
Location