Russell Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.

From the record

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Mississippi County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 200 East Commercial St., Charleston, 63834
When was it listed? June 2022
Category. building
Township. Tywappity township
National Register reference number. 100007832 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

6 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Russell Hotel in 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
4 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179341-06732-09042019-1535
27 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179340-06732-09272019-2220
26 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	179343-06732-06262019-1415
22 March 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	179344-06732-03222019-1830
9 January 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	178198-80001-01092019-0940
2 January 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	178197-80001-01022019-1650

Every fire recorded in Mississippi County

Storms near this property

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charleston, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 23 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 4 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	3 hurt, $100,000	Thunderstorm winds overturned a mobile home and blew down a barn. The roof was removed from the Farm Bureau building in Charleston. At the Charleston Inn, windows were blown out and the roof was damaged. A large sign was snapped off, and a steel light post was snapped. Lots of trees were down in Charleston. The three occupants of the overturned mobile home were transported to a hospital.
March 1997	Flash Flood	Charleston	1 hurt, $40,000	no account filed
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$100,000	In Charleston, numerous tree limbs were down, especially north of Highway 62. The historical society building suffered roof damage and a broken chimney. A few houses had minor roof damage. Trees were blown down. Power outages occurred. A bowling alley just south of Charleston on Highway 105 suffered window damage. A nearby church steeple was toppled. In Samos, a large pole barn was partially destroyed along Highway J.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$80,000	At exit 10 along Interstate 57, an irrigation rig was turned over. A barn was destroyed and strewn across Highway 60 between Charleston and Wyatt.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$80,000	On the west side of Charleston, two power poles were blown down. There was minor roof damage. A couple of trees were down. On Highway UU south of Charleston, a grain bin was heavily damaged.
April 2002	Tornado (F1)	Charleston	$68,000	The tornado path extended from Interstate 57 on the east side of Charleston to about 1.8 miles southeast of Charleston. Peak wind speeds in the tornado were estimated at 100 MPH. An anchored mobile home was lifted and rolled, destroying it. The residents of the mobile home escaped injury by abandoning it moments before the tornado struck. Stationary automobiles were moved about. Several mature hardwood trees were snapped off or uprooted. Minor damage occurred to outbuildings and metal pole-framed structures on the southeast edge of Charleston.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$50,000	Damage was reported at the agricultural warehouse of a growers' association. The farm store and seed warehouse were totally destroyed. Both structures were large wood and metal storage sheds that were not of sturdy construction. The oil warehouse was damaged, but there were no leaks or ruptures.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$40,000	The roof of a commercial building was heavily damaged. Wind-blown debris damaged numerous vehicles. Windows were broken in a couple of buildings.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$40,000	A car wash was destroyed. A gas station canopy was blown down.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$20,000	At Birds Point, an empty trailer was damaged. Scattered trees and limbs were blown down at East Prairie and Charleston.
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$10,000	A utility pole was blown over.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$7,000	Numerous trees and power poles were downed, and road sign poles were snapped. A utility company reported 15 different power outages in Charleston, most caused by trees falling on lines. A large tree fell over three vehicles. Numerous trees and limbs fell across roadways.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$5,000	Trees and wires were blown down from Charleston to East Prairie. At least one large tree was uprooted. A street was blocked.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$5,000	About 20 percent of the metal was blown off a barn roof on Highway 105 south of Charleston. An interstate highway sign supported by two poles was blown down along Interstate 57 at exit 12, which is the U.S. Highway 60 exit.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$5,000	Windows were broken at a downtown business, and shingles were blown off another structure. A church and several homes sustained roof and window damage.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$4,000	Trees were down on County Road 220.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$2,000	A roof was blown off a barn near the intersection of highways 75 and 105. This was the first report of damage associated with this cluster of thunderstorms. These storms produced extensive damage and a couple of injuries after crossing the Mississippi River into western Kentucky.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	$2,000	no account filed
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	-	One-inch limbs were down between Charleston and Wyatt.
May 2018	Flood	Charleston	-	There was widespread standing water on roadways throughout the county. No roads were blocked.
June 2018	Flash Flood	Charleston	-	Several roads in Charleston were nearly impassable due to flowing water.
June 2010	Heavy Rain	Charleston	-	Local streets were flooded. A motorist stalled in the floodwaters. The car was pushed out of the water.
October 2010	Dust Devil	Charleston	-	An off-duty meteorologist observed three or four dust devils on U.S. Highway 60 between Wyatt and Charleston in Mississippi County. The funnels were visible up to 20 feet above ground level.
August 2009	Heavy Rain	Charleston	-	Water was over several roadways throughout the community.
May 2008	Heavy Rain	Charleston	-	Street flooding occurred in Charleston. On a few streets, the water was over the curbs on both sides of the streets.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	-	Windows were blown out of two houses.
November 2004	Flash Flood	Charleston	-	Water covered roads in the city. This was the result of a broad area of rain producing 3/4 to 1 inch of rain per hour.
April 2003	Funnel Cloud	Charleston	-	A narrow rope-like funnel was observed in the Charleston area. The funnel cloud was photographed from the city. It was reportedly snaking in and out of the parent cloud, and extended as much as 60 percent of the way to the ground. No thunderstorms were occurring in the vicinity of the funnel cloud, which formed beneath very cold air aloft associated with an upper level low.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	-	A farm building was destroyed. A car wash was partially unroofed. Some trees and large limbs were blown down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	-	Several marquee signs were blown down on State Route 105 between Charleston and the airport. In downtown Charleston, a couple of trees were blown down.
February 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	-	Winds were estimated around 60 MPH.
June 2001	Hail	Charleston	-	A slow-moving thunderstorm produced dime to nickel size hail over the Charleston area. The hail totally covered the ground. Numerous small tree limbs were down in the area.
October 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	-	A co-operative observer for the National Weather Service reported trees down.
April 1998	Hail	Charleston	-	Quarter size hail fell on U.S. Highway 62.
April 2020	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
October 2004	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
February 2001	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Charleston	-	no account filed
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mississippi County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
McCutchen Theatre	under 500 feet	2019
Moore House	under 500 feet	1980
Jacob Swank House	1.2 miles	1973
Missouri Pacific Depot	5.3 miles	1972

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100007832 in Record Group 79.
Mississippi County	All 5 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.