House of Hon. James Russell, built in 1780 (1790?)

Title:: House of Hon. James Russell, built in 1780 (1790?)
Description:: House of Hon. James Russell, built in 1780 (1790?) Built as soon as could by after the fire of 1775, the location was unfortunate, directly on the market-place of a growing town, and it got the popular name of "Russell's Folly." In 1828, Warren Avenue was opened at the left side of it. Meanwhile the Russell family had moved out in 1819. In 1835 it became a public house known as the Mansion House, successively kept his Gorham Bigelow and James Ramsey, until demolished in 1866 and replaced by the southerly part of the Waverly House.
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:: [ca. 1820–1925]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Houses
Russell, James, 1715-1798
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Main Street District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Notes (date):: Date from accompanying materials: Before 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-90-A1