Jones House
Building Name: Jones House
Other Names: C.C. Jones Student Services Centre
Civic Address: 26 Bailey Dr.
Sod Turning: 1957
Cornerstone Laying: [ca. 1958]
Opened for Use: 1958 (as residence); 4 January 2010 (rededication as Student Centre)
Official Opening: 10 October 1958 (plaque unveiling); 11 February 2010 (rededication)
Architect: Associated Designers and Inspectors (ADI Ltd.)
Named for: Dr. Cecil C. Jones, former president and chancellor of UNB from 1906-1940.
Renovations/changes/additions: In 2008 renovations began in order to turn the residence into the C.C. Jones Student Services Centre, which included creating office space and making the building accessible to students with disabilities.
: Jones House This Residence was completed in 1958 and is named in memory of Cecil Charles Jones, M.A., PH.D., LL.D., D.C.L., president of the university from 1906 to 1940.
Notes: The building is an identical twin to Aitken House. An all-male residence, it opened in 1958 and was closed in 2006 due to low application numbers. The residents of Jones House merged with Neville House to become the Neville/Jones House. In 2010 the building was reopened as the C.C Jones Student Services Centre.
Source(s)
- Leroux, John. Building A University: The Architecture of UNB. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2010, p. 77.
- Plaque Inscription: University of New Brunswick Public Relations Department Photograph Collection; Series 2; Sub-series 3; File 721; Item 32.
- UA Case 122; Section 3; Jones House.
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