Background
Jackson, Joseph was born on May 20, 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Barbara Marie (Dougherty) Jackson.
Jackson, Joseph was born on May 20, 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Barbara Marie (Dougherty) Jackson.
Student Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia, 1882-1885, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1887-1888.
Art editor Philadelphia Public Ledger, 1888-1902, news editor, 1904, feature writer, 1905-1918. Columnist Evening Ledger, 1914 and 1940-1941. Editor Building, 1922-1925, Building Arts, 1925-1926.
Editor public Philadelphia Year Book, 1919-1920.
Editor The Pennsylvania Architect since 1938.
Member Philadelphia Building Congress. Honorary associate American Institute Architects. Member American History Association, History Society of Pennsylvania, Dickens.
Married Harriet Holmes Fletcher, February 1, 1915.