John Owen Bond was born in Chelmsford, Essex, England in 1877. Within a year he had moved to Norwich, Norfolk. After gaining experience working for John Holmes, a local builder, in 1894, he was articled to George John Skipper (1856-1948) and Frederick Wilemer Skipper (1859-1955) of G. J. & F. W. Skipper in Norwich. He worked as an assistant to Clayton & Black in Brighton Sussex from 1900 to 1903 when he established his own architectural practice in Norwich. He subsequently he formed a partnership with his sons James Owen Bond and Robert Owen Bond (1911-1967) as J. Owen Bond & Son and J. Owen Bond & Sons [later Owen Bond Partnership]
Bond was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1912, and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1926.
His address was given as Corner Cottage, Eaton Hill, Norwich, Norfolk in 1912; Castle Meadow, Norwich, Norfolk in 1912 and 1926; "Cambridge House", 26, Tombland, Norwich in 1927 and 1939; and 499 Unthank Road, Eaton Hill, Norwich, Norfolk in 1944. He died in Norwich, Norfolk on 17 February 1948.
St. Leonard's Church, Norwich; lych-gate, Horning (Norfolk), reredos and rood-screen, St. Michael at Thorn Norwich; banks at Stalham (Norfolk), and Stump Cross (Norwich), for Messrs. Barclay: Burlington Buildings, Norwich; Thatched Assembly Rooms and Cinema Theatre, Norwich; Haymarket Picture House and Restaurant, Norwich; a number of factories and motor works in Norwich; housing schemes for St. Faith's R.D.C., Forehoe R.D.C., Swaffham R.D.C., and the Norwich Hooting Development Co., Ltd.; numerous residences, rectories and other domestic work in Norwich and Norfolk; alterations and additions to the Maid's Head Hotel, Norwich; shop premises at Lowestoft; arcade, showrooms and hostel for Messrs. R. H. Bond and Sons, Ltd., Norwich; alterations and additions to Sprowston Hall, Norwich; Knapton Old Hall, Thickthorn Hall, and Hethersett Ball, In Norfolk.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001