Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


B. F. Jones Mansion, Allegheny West

Magnolias at the entrance to the B. F. Jones house

Rutan & Russell, both of whom had worked for H. H. Richardson, designed this immense Jacobean pile for steel baron Benjamin Franklin Jones, Jr., son of the Jones of Jones & Laughlin. It was finished in 1910. The terra-cotta company must have made its numbers for the entire year supplying the ornaments for this house, right down to the address over the entrance.

808 in terra cotta
B. F. Jones house

The house now belongs to the Community College of Allegheny County, which keeps the exterior perfect.

B. F. Jones house
B. F. Jones house
Dormer
Window
Terra-cotta panels
Downspout

Even the downspouts are works of art.

Corner of the roof
Magnolias

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