Adrian Janes

Adrian Janes (February 4, 1798 – March 2, 1869) was the owner of a significant American iron foundry in the Bronx, New York.

The foundry created iron work for many notable projects, including the Capitol Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington DC, the Bow Bridge in Central Park and railings for the Brooklyn Bridge.

[3][4] Adrian Janes married Adaline Root in 1823, and had six children: Julia E, Henry, Edward, George, Charles B, and Mary E.[5] Adrian sold wallpaper and brushes in Hardford CT from 1821 to 1844; he was also an oil painter and presumably designed the wallpaper that he sold.

In April 1857 Adrian and Adeline Janes purchased a tract of land from Gouverneur Morris II and lived in a mansion on the property.

The firm holds the distinction of assembling the earliest known book of American wallpaper samples that has survived to present day.