C.P. Banks House.  This transitional Federal-Greek Revival house follows the Federal double-pile plan with pairs of exterior end chimneys on its gable ends, but is engaged two tier porch which carries fully across the five bay elevation is green Revival in style and detail. Paneled square piers are used on both stories and are connected by a diamond pattern lattice-like railing; the second store cornice features a triglyph frieze. One-story shed rooms occupy the rear of this center-hall plan house.

Roscoe Barris House.  This late eighteenth early nineteenth century house was constructed as a resident for "Roscoe Barrus, who owned most of the land on which the town of Pollocksville is situated. The two story with attic frame house in covered by beaded weatherboards and by a gable roof which breaks to cover the engaged two-tier porch which carries across the three-bay front elevation. The northernmost bay of the porch is enclosed to shelter the stair which is the only access to the second story. One story shed rooms carry across the rear of this single-pile house. A common bond single-shoulder chimney stands on the southeast gable elevation which ahs bee appended a one-story frame, which was formerly a detached kitchen. Some of the original sash and blinds remain. The interior retains its original vernacular Federal woodwork.

Boyette House.  In the vicinity of Trenton, this circa 1850 one-story with attic frame house follows the typical coastal cottage plan with an engaged porch across the front elevation and engaged shed rooms across the rear elevations. Two common bond chimneys stand on the east elevation. The porch protects flush sheathing in which is centered the four-panel door set on a symmetrically molded surrounded with corner blocks. A two-story gable roof barn is contemporary with the house.

Cypress Creek Methodist Church.  Located in the Comfort area, a mid nineteenth century pediment gable front frame church dominated by the large twenty-four-over-twenty-four sash windows, in plain surrounds, which are set on the three-bay side and gable front elevations. The central entrance has been altered and is sheltered by a recently constructed porch. The interior retains the original wide board pews and a gallery supported by octagonal posts on three sides, said by local people to have been the slave balcony. A one-story addition has been made to the rear of the building.

Eagle Nest Farm House.  Located in the Taylor's Corner area, we find this home. Eagle Nest is a handsome early Federal plantation house of importance to the architectural history of Jones County, showing the strong cultural influence of New Bern in the area. The house was probably built about 1800 for planter John Giles or his son William. It has been owned by members of the Brown family for over a century. The main block of the gable roof house is two stories high, covered with beaded weatherboards and resting on a brick foundation. Interior and chimneys laid in Flemish bond rise above the gable roof. The front facade with its two-tier porch has been considerably reworked; the east bay on both stories is enclosed as a room. The interior of the house follows an off-center hall plan, one-room deep and retains most of its original woodwork. Two one-story additions have been appended to the rear elevation. A number of farm out-buildings surround the house.

E.M. Foscue House.  Located in the Trenton area this house was probably constructed in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. It is a two-story frame house with a two-tier pediment porch sheltering the three center bays of the five-bay front elevation. The central entrance on both stories has sidelights and a transom. The eaves which return on the gable ends and the rake boards are decorated with brackets. Paneled interior end chimneys rise above the gable roof.

Richard George Place.  Located in the Comfort area, this mid-nineteenth century two-story frame house has a two-tier porch sheltering the entrance bay on the three-bay front elevation. The hip roof porch has square posts with original railing connecting them remaining on the second story. A bracketed frieze encircles the porch and carries across the front elevation. Single-shoulder common bond chimneys stand on the gable elevations. The interior is partially ravaged by retains most of it Greek Revival molding and doors.

Green House.  Located near an area once called Pollocks, this second quarter of the nineteenth century frame house rests on brick piers and stands two stories high with an attic.  An engaged two-tier porch carries across the four-bay facade supported by square paneled posts on both stories; the second story posts are connected by a diamond pattern railing. The richly molded entablature had modillion blocks, triglyphs, and guttae.  Two-story engaged shed rooms carry across the rear elevation, and common bond chimneys stand on the gable ends.

William Humphrey House.  Located near Maysville, this two-story frame dwelling was built ca. 1840-1850 by William Humphrey. Sitting on brick stacks and having common bond exterior end chimneys, the house is a three bays wide and two bays deep. It retains most of its nine-over-six sash windows but has lost its front and rear porches. The center-hall plan interior includes flat panel wainscoting and two-part holed surrounds.

Isler Place. Located between Sasser' Mill and Wyse Fork crossroads, nothing remains of this noble structure except one chimney.  Built in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the two-story frame house sat on a high full stone foundation, and followed an L-plan.  The house was shown on Civil War maps of the area.

LaRoque House.  Located in the vicinity of Wyse Fork, the earliest portion of the L-plan house is the two-story block type with the engaged two-tier porch carrying on its east elevation. The two-story wide, two-bay wide ell extending from the north end of the above section was probably added in the nineteenth century Common bond brick chimneys stand on the gable ends.

Lee's Chapel Methodist Church.  Located south of Pollocksville, this one-story frame gable front church has corner posts supporting the frieze board and molded cornice which returns on the gable ends.  On the one-bay front elevation a short gable roof porch shelters the double door entrance. The side elevations are three bays deep and a one story frame addition has been made across the rear elevation. The interior, although remodeled, retains its original pews.  Late nineteenth century.  This church which has been well maintained continues to be an active site of worship with regular Sunday services.

McDaniel House.  Located east of Trenton, this second quarter nineteenth century two-story five-bay frame house has a one-story rear ell.  The central entrance is flanked by diamond pane sidelights and a transom, and is set in a symmetrically molded surround with corner blocks.  It is protected by a one-store gable roof porch supported by paneled posts and pilasters.  Single-shoulder common bond chimneys stand on the east and west gable ends.

Noble House.  Located Pleasant Hill vicinity, this one-story with attic coastal-cottage type frame house built around 1845, has an engaged porch across the four-bay front elevation.  A common bond double-shoulder chimney stands on the west gable elevation, and a later common bond single -shoulder at the east end.  An engaged porch and shed rooms carry across the rear elevation to which the one-story frame kitchen is attached by a breezeway.

Eugenia Oldfield House.  Located west of Maysville, this large two-story plantation house, probably built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, rests on stacks and is covered by a gable roof.  The front elevation is five bays wide and has a central entrance with transom on the first story.  The side elevations are four bays deep with pairs of common bond single shoulder chimneys on each elevation.

Page House. Located east of Trenton, as in the earlier Foscue Plantation House, the side-hall town house plan was also used here for a country house. The 1810 frame house has two stories with attic and three bays wide, with a one-story pedimented porch sheltering the entrance on the left bay of the front elevation. A second one-story porch shelters a second entrance into the hall on the south gable end; both porches have dentil cornices. Two interior end brick chimneys are set the the north elevation. A large one-story gable roof kitchen is attached by a breezeway to the rear. The interior has very good Federal woodwork including an elegantly molded archway which divides the front entrance hall and the rear stair hall.

Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church.  Located east of Oliver's Crossroads, this simple Green Revival frame church is said to have been built in 1861 for a congregation which was organized in 1831porch shelters the central entrance and the flanking windows on the three-bay front elevation.  Additions have been made along the side elevations and across the rear elevation of the church.  The interior is sheathed with wide molded boards.

Pollocksville Baptist Church.  Located south of the junction with Foy Street, Pollocksville, this frame church, three bays wide and four bays deep, was erected in the late nineteenth century.   In the mid 1930's, the front of the church was remodeled when the tetra-style portico with paneled piers was added.

Sanderson House. Located southeast of Pollocksville, Josiah Howard is said to have built the dwelling known now as the Sanderson House about 1798.  It is a small one and on-half story frame dwelling with an engaged porch across its five-bay front elevation.  Three gable roof dormers are set into the roof on the south and north elevations.  Dominating the three-bay west elevation is a striking chimney of unusual design- two large Flemish bond chimneys join between the first and second levels and rise in a single stack, forming in their junction a semi-circular arch over the central bay.  The interior center hall plan remains its vernacular Federal woodwork.

Shine Inn.  Located near Comfort, Colonel James Shine, a prominent planter and a member of the State Senate (1815-1817) this house on a 200 acre trace of land he inherited from his father in 1801.  In 1819, he was host to President Madison and Secretary of War John C. Calhoun who were on an inspection tour.  The house is a transitional Georgian-Federal two-story with attic frame structure.  The main block is four bays wide and two bays deep, and is covered with beaded weatherboards and a steep gable roof which breaks to cover the engaged two-tier porch on the front elevation. An exterior chimney laid in Flemish bond stands at each gable end.  One-story shed rooms carry across the rear elevation and a one-story frame addition is on the southeast elevation.  The interior follows a center-hall plan.

Senator - F.M. Simmons Birthplace.    Located northeast of Oliver's Crossroads, this house is the birthplace of Furnifold M. Simmons, a congressman from 1887-1889, and a United States Senator from 1901-1931.  The Federal style center-hall plan, double pile frame house is set on brick stacks and covered by a gable roof.  The five bay front elevation has a central entrance flanked by sidelights and a transom.  An interior end chimney rises above the west gable end while a pair of interior end chimneys rises on the east end to which a one-store ell has bee added.

John Simmons House.  Located south of Pollocksville, this house is named for John Simmons (1862-1902), the earliest known owner whose grave is in a small family cemetery.  This two story house has a rebuilt two tier engaged porch across the three gay front elevation.  The interior retains its vernacular Federal mantels, wainscoting, and other woodwork.

Taylor-Koonce House.  Located south of Phillips Crossroads, this early nineteenth century two story gable roof frame house has a center hall single pile plan with a single shoulder Flemish bond chimney centered on each gable end.  A one-story shed room and porch occupy the rear elevation; the porch retains its chamfered posts and some original headed weatherboards remain.  A one-story frame kitchen stands behind the house.

Grace Episcopal Church.  Located in the Trenton Historic District, this church was included in the National Register of Historic Places on its own qualifications. It sits on the corner of Lake View Drive and Weber Street. Completed in 1885, this board and batten Carpenter Gothic church has been little altered since its construction.  The gable roof is topped by a three-tier steeple.  The entrance on the south gable end has a diagonally sheathed double door surmounted by a blind triangular arch, which like all the triangular headed openings in the church, has a molded hood with scalloped bargeboards.  Along with the millpond, this stands as one of the most photographed placed in the county.

Trenton Historic District

     The county seat of Jones County was laid out in 1784 at the junction of the major north-south and east-west roads.  By the mid 19th century many roads and railroads had be rerouted and built, bypassing Trenton.  It exists today as a small market town whose vernacular architecture - predominantly nineteenth century with twentieth century fill - is more important as a group of buildings than for the individual merit of a particular building.  It is this collective quality which merited Trenton's inclusion as a historic district in the National Register of Historic Places. 

     The Trent River bounds the village town on the north, and the old Brock Mill Pond provides a strikingly beautiful site which is surrounded by aged cypress trees hung with long trails of Spanish moss on its south side.  The present mill was on the pond in the 1940's site of earlier structures. A grist mill previously located here was built before the American Revolution.  The dam, built by slaves once provided electricity for the town.  At this time, a popular thing to do was to go down to the mill to get "shocked."  J.R. Franck recalls his mother telling him she used to go there to get shocked.

     The Jones County Courthouse sits at the southeast corner of NC 58 and Jones Street. This two story Flemish bond brick courthouse sits on a full raised basement is covered by a hip roof distinguished with a three stage polygonal cupola. The seven-bay front elevation is graced by a hex style temple front plastered entrance pavilion. A structure of the Works Project Administration project, the building was constructed in 1939. A plain wide stone frieze wraps the building and is inscribed above the six stone pilasters supporting a pediment gable "Jones County Court House." Inside the building, Georgian Revival style is evidenced in doors and the plastered front piece behind the judge's bench. The rear view of the courtroom shows columns of the Georgian Revival style.

     The Old Jail stands on the courthouse square.  It was built around 1867 from brick taken from the jail which was burned by the Yankees during excursions into the county.  The old jail has been salvaged architecturally and still keeps one jail cell intact.