Arkansas Honors Fay Jones

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I recently got a box of postcards comemorating the work of Arkansas architect Fay Jones and they were so wonderful that I wanted to put a few images of Jones' work online. Jones' contribution to the modern landscape of his home state was significant. He was a student at the University of Arkansas as an undergraduate and through his training in architecture school, eventually becoming a teacher there and the school's first dean of architecture. In addition to his involvement with architecture education in Arkansas, Jones built a number of lovely residences around the state. He passed away in 2004.

— Aaron Britt

Fay Jones' stunning Pinecote Pavilion is party of the Crosby Arboretum in Picayune, Mississippi. Photo courtesy of Timothy Hursley.

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Brian07.30.2009

This is NOT the Buckley House. This was one of the early spec houses Jones built in Fayetteville in 1954.
Brian07.30.2009

Not sure how to delete all my extra comments. Slide 5 is not the Buckley House; however, slide 6 is the Buckley House.
Paulette Tate07.30.2009

My dad and uncle did the rock work on a lot of Fay Jones houses. I think the Buckley house was one of them. I know they did Sam Walton's house (twice) and the Applegate house in Bentonville; they also did the Faubus house in Huntsville.
Burt Wilkinson03.13.2010

This is the house I grew up in. It was built by Dr. Lemon Clark as a spec house. He and Fay didn't agree on several of the design details.

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