Tauy Jones House

The Tauy Jones House in Ottawa, Kansas is a historic building that was the home of John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones, who was of half Chippewa heritage and served as an interpreter for the Pottawatomie, a leader and minister for the Ottawa tribe, a friend of John Brown, and a co-founder of Ottawa University.

[3] The stone was quarried near Fort Scott, Kansas and transported by wagon.

John Brown often stayed nearby in the grove on the other side of the creek.

[4] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1972.

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