Pioneer Ezra Jones arrived in the Genesee Country from Connecticut in 1805 and was able to purchase 120 acres of excellent land for wheat in what is now Ontario County. There, in the midst of a settled area, he enjoyed the improved roads that placed him effectively nearer to markets in Canandaigua and Geneva. The first dwelling of this ex-Continental Army soldier was of logs. It may be reasonably assumed that his next major project was a frame barn, although no trace of such a structure survives.

In the 1820s, Jones erected this unpretentious story-and-a-half frame house. A summer kitchen wing was added in the 1830s. However, even this simple, serviceable dwelling was in time demoted to the role of tenant house when a large two-story Victorian country house was erected in the 1860s. Under such a succession of roofs (and owners), the old Jones farmstead reflected half a century of change in farmhouse architecture, as well as decoration. The Jones farmhouse at Genesee Country Village & Museum is decorated with stenciled walls, probably done by an itinerant 19th-century artist, although some may have been done by the owners themselves.

The Jones Farmhouse comes from Tileyard Road, near Orleans, in Ontario County, and was given to the museum by the Gillam brothers. Its design, derived from Connecticut precedents, is typical of the small early 19th-century Genesee Country timber-framed and clapboard-covered farmhouse.

This house features one of the four working kitchens in the historic village. Here visitors will see daily demonstrations by the cook as she prepares the room meal, just as she might have in the early 1800s. Every Wednesday and Saturday during the season the cook makes a round of cheese in addition to the meal.