Photograph of Frederick Isaac and Mary M. Jones House — Photograph by Ntsimp, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Frederick Issac and Mary M. Jones House

Built in 1896 (eclectic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

“Jones House is a historic house in Monticello, Utah. It was built in 1896 for Frederick Isaac Jones, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Cedar City, Utah who moved to Montecillo with his wife Mary as a settler.”
Wikipedia article Frederick Isaac and Mary M. Jones House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 23 National Register listings published here for San Juan County · listed in 2003 · category: Building · built in 1896, eclectic architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Jones, Frederick Issac and Mary M., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 117 E 200 S, Monticello, 84535
When was it listed? August 2003
Category. building
Census division. Monticello
When was it built? 1896
Architectural style. eclectic architecture, Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 03000154 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Frederick Issac and Mary M. Jones House between 1993 and 2018, burning about 85 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Debris and open burning	5
Fireworks	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
25 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	SMOKEY
17 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	MUDDY 2
12 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Moab Field Office	MONTICELLO
1 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Manti-Lasal National Forest	LLOYD
8 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Moab Field Office	HALFWAY HO
4 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	BAILEY
4 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	LAGOON
4 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	PALMER

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Frederick Issac and Mary M. Jones House: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 19020	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 19021	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 19020	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 19021	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 19022	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 19023	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 19022	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 19023	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in San Juan County

Storms near this property

41 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 11 heavy rain, 7 hail, 6 flash flood, 6 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2009	Lightning	Monticello	$100,000	Lightning struck an oil battery, heavily damaging two large oil tanks and other equipment.
July 1996	Flash Flood	Monticello	$50,000	no account filed
August 2013	Heavy Rain	Monticello	$40,000	Heavy rainfall of nearly three quarters of an inch was reported in the southwest part of Monticello which led to localized street flooding. Heavier amounts of precipitation fell in other portions of the city which also led to flooding of basements.
October 2006	Flood	Monticello	$10,000	Persistent moderate to heavy rainfall resulted in widespread flooding and flash flooding across much of east central and southeast Utah, including San Juan County and Canyonlands National Park. In Canyonlands National Park many roads and trails were closed due to heavy rains and flooding. Around Needles Outpost, Highway 211 among other roads and trails were inundated with mud and water that made them impassable.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Monticello	$10,000	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Monticello	$2,500	no account filed
June 2022	Funnel Cloud	Monticello	-	A funnel cloud was spotted from Monticello looking towards the Abajo Mountains.
September 2021	Funnel Cloud	Monticello	-	A funnel cloud was spotted roughly in the vicinity of Monticello.
June 2020	Hail	Monticello	-	A severe thunderstorm produced large hail estimated to be the size of golf balls in Monticello.
June 2020	Hail	Monticello	-	A severe thunderstorm produced large hail measured to be the size of half dollars in Monticello.
July 2018	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	Thunderstorms produced 1.03 inches of rain within a couple of hours.
July 2015	Funnel Cloud	Monticello	-	A funnel cloud developed over the east side of Monticello.
September 2013	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	Rainfall of 2.22 inches fell within a 6 hour period at Cedar Point. About 1.50 inches of that rainfall occurred within 45 minutes beginning around 12:30 MST in the afternoon. Minor flooding was reported in the area.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Monticello	-	Runoff from heavy rain in the Monticello area created flash flooding, with flowing water at least 6 inches deep across country roadways just south of Monticello.
September 2013	Hail	Monticello	-	The majority of the hail that fell was around quarter size, with a few hail stones a bit larger.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Monticello	-	no account filed
August 2006	Funnel Cloud	Monticello	-	no account filed
May 2005	Funnel Cloud	Monticello	-	no account filed
September 2005	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	no account filed
December 2004	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	no account filed
July 2004	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	no account filed
August 2004	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	no account filed
August 2004	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	no account filed
October 2004	Flash Flood	Monticello	-	no account filed
October 2004	Hail	Monticello	-	no account filed
September 2003	Flash Flood	Monticello	-	no account filed
September 2003	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	no account filed
August 2003	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	no account filed
September 2002	Flood	Monticello	-	no account filed
July 2002	Flash Flood	Monticello	-	no account filed
July 2002	Heavy Rain	Monticello	-	no account filed
August 2001	Funnel Cloud	Monticello	-	no account filed
September 2000	Hail	Monticello	-	no account filed
September 2000	Hail	Monticello	-	no account filed
July 2000	Wildfire	Monticello	-	no account filed
July 2000	Wildfire	Monticello	-	no account filed
August 2000	Wildfire	Monticello	-	no account filed
August 2000	Wildfire	Monticello	-	no account filed
August 2000	Wildfire	Monticello	-	no account filed
June 1999	Wildfire	Monticello	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Monticello	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Juan County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Hyland Hotel	0.2 miles	1994

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03000154 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Juan County	All 23 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.