Elisha+Jones+Homestead



The house of Elisha U. Jones, 95-20 93rd St built in 1856. This is one of the very oldest surviving structures in the area. Elisha U. Jones was an inventor, responsible for the heel-trimming machine, which was used in the manufacture of shoes.

He was a founding member of the First Congregational Church of Woodhaven, which sat on 94th Street across from what is now JHS 210 (which was, at the time Mr. Jones was alive, a small school house). He died in 1910, just six days after the death of his wife, Susan.

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