death_date nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
1949 american 1865 designing three carnegie libraries in sonoma county brainerd jones
 brainerd jones architect
brainerd jones

brainerd jones -lrb- 1865-1949 -rrb- was an american architect who designed and built most of the architecturally significant buildings in petaluma , california .
jones is best known for designing three carnegie libraries in sonoma county , two of which are still remain standing and listed on the national register of historic places .
jones also has seven other buildings which he contributed to and nine of which are on the national register .
the overall importance and character of the petaluma downtown can be partially attributed to brainerd jones ' contribution .
in santa rosa , jones also designed many significant buildings including the exchange bank -lrb- now destroyed -rrb- , the saturday afternoon club , the petaluma women 's club building , the lumsden house , and the oates-comstock house .
the d street area has a wealth of important old houses , many of which are attributed to brainerd jones , including the byce house , used for the filming of peggy sue got married ; the reynaud house as well as four other brick homes .
jones is known for his use of native stone in his buildings .
other examples include : the 1917 petaluma and santa rosa electric railway depot -lrb- now the west county museum -rrb- in sebastopol , the 1922 addition to the c.c. silk mill in petaluma , the 1911 remodel of the mcnear building in petaluma and part of the mcclay building , the 1920 petaluma post office -lrb- now a retail store -rrb- , the simon pinschower house in cloverdale , and the 1922 petaluma golf and country club clubhouse .
a number of his works are listed on the u.s. national register of historic places .
works include -lrb- attribution -rrb- : ellis-martin house , 1197 e. washington st. petaluma , ca -lrb- jones , brainerd -rrb- , nrhp-listed free public library of petaluma , 20 fourth st. petaluma , ca -lrb- jones , brainerd -rrb- , nrhp-listed healdsburg carnegie library , 221 matheson st. healdsburg , ca -lrb- jones , brainerd -rrb- , nrhp-listed w. h. lumsden house , 727 mendocino st. santa rosa , ca -lrb- jones , brainerd -rrb- , nrhp-listed erskine mcnear b. , 121 knight dr. san rafael , ca -lrb- jones , brainerd -rrb- , nrhp-listed old petaluma opera house , 147 -- 149 kentucky st. petaluma , ca -lrb- jones , brainerd -rrb- , nrhp-listed petaluma silk mill , 420 jefferson st. petaluma , ca -lrb- jones , brainerd -rrb- , nrhp-listed sebastopol depot of the petaluma and santa rosa railway , 261 s. main st. sebastopol , ca -lrb- jones , brainerd -rrb- , nrhp-listed
