Archimedes Russell

Archimedes Russell (June 13,1840 – April 3, 1915) was an American architect most active in the Syracuse, New York area.

Biography 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.

His practice still continues today as King + King Architects, and is New York state’s oldest and the third oldest architectural firm in the United States.

He died in Syracuse on April 3, 1915, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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

Mrs. I. L. Crego House, 1870 West Sibley Hall, 1870, and McGraw Hall, 1872 at Cornell University St Lucy Church, Syracuse, 1873 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 Whedon–Schumacher House, Syracuse, 1892; National Register of Historic Places West Hill School, 1891–93 Dey Brothers Building, Syracuse, 1893, a contributing building in the South Salina Street Downtown Historic District Bastable Theatre, Syracuse, 1893 Central Technical High School, Syracuse, 1900 Onondaga County Courthouse, 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