Mary Mason Jones

  • American

Grand Dame of New York Society

Mary Mason Jones was a New York City amateur architect and society maven memorialized as Mrs Manson Mingott by her niece Edith Wharton in The Age of Innocence. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1818/00/00 A house is built for Isaac Jones Jr and his wife Mary Mason Jones at 122 Chambers St (lost). New York Times reports the house is the first in the city to have gas lighting and a bathtub. Home Jones Building, NYC New York City Invention of Gas Lighting
1869/00/00 Designed by herself and Robert Mook, a white marble French chateau style mansion is built for Mary Mason Jones (Mrs Manson Mingott in "The Age of Innocence") at 1 East 57th St (lost). Inside, broad steps ascend to the 2nd floor entrance of a large ball. Home The Age of Innocence (book) Midtown Center
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