Rufus G. Russell

• Name — Rufus Gustavus Russell • Born — September 5, 1823 • Birthplace — Prospect, Connecticut • Died — August 3, 1896 • Place of death — New Haven, Connecticut • Illustration — House for Nicholas Countryman, New Haven, Connecticut, 1866-67.

Rufus Gustavus Russell was born September 5, 1823, in what is now Prospect, Connecticut. As a young man he moved to New Haven, where he worked for many years for Henry Austin, the city's leading architect. In 1862, Russell left Austin and established his own practice. Russell was an independent practitioner until his death in 1896.

Russell was elected to the Board of Aldermen of New Haven on two occasions and was at times also a member of the Common Council. He was active in temperance work and was a member of the Sons of Temperance. Russell was married and had two children who lived to adulthood. He died August 3, 1896, in New Haven.

• House for David Lyman II, Middlefield, Connecticut (1863–64, NRHP-listed 1986) • House for Nicholas Countryman, New Haven, Connecticut (1866–67) • Remodeling of the Whitneyville Congregational Church, Hamden, Connecticut (1866, NRHP-listed 1995) • Howard Avenue Congregational Church, New Haven, Connecticut (1867, demolished) • First Congregational Church, Wallingford, Connecticut (1868) • Universalist Church of North Salem (former), North Salem, New York (1869–70) • Calvary Baptist Church, New Haven, Connecticut (1871) • Davenport Congregational Church, New Haven, Connecticut (1872) • New Haven Gas Light Company Building, New Haven, Connecticut (1872, demolished) • Extensions of the New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut (1872–73, demolished) • City Court Building, New Haven, Connecticut (1873, demolished) • West Divinity Hall, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut (1874, demolished) • Edwards Street School (former), New Haven, Connecticut (1876) • All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington, District of Columbia (1877, demolished) • Humphrey Street School (former), New Haven, Connecticut (1877) • Imperial Granum Building, New Haven, Connecticut (1877, NRHP-listed 1986) • Institute Library, New Haven, Connecticut (1877) • Universalist Church of Our Father, Buffalo, New York (1879–80, demolished) • Garfield Memorial Church (former), Washington, District of Columbia (1881–83) • Winchester Observatory (former), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1882) • Warner Hall, New Haven, Connecticut (1892) Private residences designed by Rufus G. Russell can be found in the Howard Avenue Historic District and the Prospect Hill Historic District of New Haven.