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John W. Jones House
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| Location: | Elmira, New York |
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| Built: | 1868 |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: |
03001019 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 10, 2003 |
The John W. Jones House currently stands at 1250 Davis Street, Elmira, New York, across from a historic entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery. It stands on part of its original property, though it originally faced College Avenue.[2]
John W. Jones came to Elmira as an escaped slave from Virginia in the 1840s. He was an active abolitionist and worked extensively with the Underground Railroad. He became sexton of Woodlawn Cemetery. During the American Civil War, he was responsible for burying the Confederate dead from the nearby Elmira prison camp in the section of the cemetery that eventually became Woodlawn National Cemetery. The John W. Jones House is built, at least in part, from portions of the camp sold at auction upon its disbandment. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[2]