The building is the oldest barber shop still in operation in Provo – the interior remaining much the same as it was 75 years ago.

About 1900 Thomas Jones built a barber shop at 226 West Center. The shop proved so successful that the business was one of those included in a 1914 commercial description of Utah County. The Central Barber Shop continued as Jones Barber Shop when Vern took over the business from his father—although Vern did not also live in the building as had his father.

This two-story building of adobe and brick has a flat roof, two upper windows, large lower display window and an off-center indented entrance. The window transoms on the lower floor have been covered, and the brick façade has been stuccoed over. Otherwise the building – including the interior – is fairly intact.

226 West Center Street in Provo, Utah – Now the site of the Convention Center.