{"nrhp_refnum":"94001357","name":"Jones Farm","other_names":["41dn250"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Johnson Branch Park, Lake Ray Roberts","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sanger","county":"Denton County","state":"TX","lat":33.41490510700004,"lon":-97.04417519099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Jones Farm is a farmstead (archeological site 41DN250) in Johnson Branch Park at Lake Ray Roberts near Sanger, Denton County, Texas. It centers on an 1898 L-plan box-frame farmhouse with a log crib, barn, chicken houses, sheds and other farm structures.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a well-preserved homestead of the Cross Timbers region of North Central Texas, showing diversified, subsistence-level farming that persisted through the early twentieth century. The house is a representative L-plan vernacular dwelling with classical details, and the varied outbuildings reflect reuse and home-built ingenuity. The site and a collection of historic farm machinery also hold information on farming technology and history.","narrative":"Jones Farm is a farmstead set in the hilly, wooded Eastern Cross Timbers on the edge of Lake Ray Roberts, now within Johnson Branch Park near Sanger, Texas. Its core is a five-room, box-frame farmhouse built in 1898 with an L-plan, rear wing and porches, later altered with weatherboard siding, an enclosed back porch and a bathroom. Around it stand a hand-hewn log crib, chicken houses, a 1939 combination barn and granary, sheds, pens and a windmill, along with the site of an 1858 log house. The Jones family farmed here on a largely subsistence basis, growing cotton, corn, oats and hay and raising livestock, which helped them avoid the pitfalls of commercial agriculture and tenancy. The property was recognized for its representative vernacular architecture, its varied outbuildings built with recycled materials, its archeological potential, and a collection of 43 pieces of historic farm machinery. The farm has been stabilized and is no longer in use.","period_of_significance":"1858-1944","architect_builder":"EVERLY, WILLIAM D. AND JONES, DAVID LEE","architectural_style":"Other: Vernacular, L-plan with rear wing and additions","criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Current function listed as vacant/not in use (stabilized); historic farm machinery is stored in sheds and a new pole barn built by the Army Corps of Engineers.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.958311-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/9717/40971797/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94001357.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971797","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000093"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/denton-county/jones-farm-94001357/"}