Jesse H. Jones
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Jesse Holman Jones was an American Democratic politician and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. Jones managed a Tennessee tobacco factory at age fourteen, and at nineteen, he was put in charge of his u
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Sudley Place in Tennessee, Jones's childhood home, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
View of Main Street, Dallas, c. 1900
Illustration of the Rice Hotel, Houston (1916)
The Rice (Houston)
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The Rice, formerly the Rice Hotel, is a historical building at 909 Texas Avenue in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The current building is the third to occupy the site. It was completed in 191
Jesse H. Jones
…substantial lumber business. The will also designated Jesse as one of five executors of his estate. He arrived in Houston in 1898, renting a room at the old Rice Hotel for $2.25 per night (equivalent to $65 in 2016). He was then responsible for the business affairs of his Aunt Louisa and his three cousins. Jesse managed…
Post Rice Lofts, aka Rice Hotel, Houston
Charlotte Allen, an owner of the Capitol Hotel
Sign for Post Rice Lofts