The prosperity brought by the railroad is evident in this two-and-a-half-story Colonial Revival house constructed of buff brick with red brick quoins. The front portico consists of a trio of monumental Ionic columns at each corner and a one-story porch that slides behind the tall columns. The exaggerated roof overhangs may be evidence of Prairie Style influence. Welsh-born Jones was a prominent area rancher.
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Thomas Stanley Jones House", [Canadian, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-TP16.
Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 357-357.
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