Archimedes Russell

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Occupation Architect Name Archimedes Russell		Role Architect

Born 1840 Andover, Massachusetts Died 1915, Syracuse, New York, United States Buildings Crouse College, Syracuse University Structures Crouse College - Syracuse, First English Lutheran, Central Technical High Sch, The Reformed Church, Third National Bank

Archimedes Russell (1840–1915) was an American architect most active in the Syracuse, New York area.

Born in Andover, Massachusetts and trained under local architect Horatio Nelson White, Russell served as a professor of architecture at Syracuse University from 1873 through 1881.

In the course of his career he designed over 850 commercial and civic buildings in the central New York region, including the David H. Burrell Mansion in Little Falls, New York, a Queen Anne/Romanesque Revival stone mansion.

Work

Russell's work, much of which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, includes:

Mrs. I. L. Crego House, 1870

First Baptist Church of Camillus, 1879

Otsego County (New York) Courthouse, 1880

Crouse College, Syracuse University, 1881

Third National Bank, aka the Community Chest Building, Syracuse, 1885

Overlook, Little Falls, New York, 1889

West Hill School (Canajoharie, New York), 1891–93

Central Technical High School, Syracuse, 1900

Onondaga County Court House, Columbus Circle, Syracuse, 1904-1907 (with murals by William de Leftwich Dodge)

C. W. Snow and Company Warehouse, 1913

St. Matthew's Church, East Syracuse, 1915

St. Anthony of Padua Church, Syracuse

St Lucy Church, Syracuse, 1873

Dey Brothers Building, 401 S. Salina Street, 1893, a contributing building in the South Salina Street Downtown Historic District

References

Archimedes Russell Wikipedia

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