Russell, Mark, House

Description of the property

To the north, south, and east is commercial development and to the west is The gable end faces the street with the entrance placed to the right. protected by a gable roofed, half-timbered entrance porch (built late 1920's). Windows are 4/4 pane with narrow frame lintels and ornate, bracketed "window shrubbery. The foundation is stone. Windows on the south side are 4/4 pane. There is a single gabled dormer attached, single-story porch which opens both to the south and west. This extending north, is a two-story "L" added in the late 1920's as a den and of the house. There is a bargeboard which matches that of the house. Behind The entrance foyer is small with the stairway to the second floor rising room, created by enclosing a former portch.

Behind the dining room, which has CONDITION MOVED UNEXPOSED DATE FAIR RUINS south and continues west behind the house,encompassing about three acres. bedroom and entrance to the north-lighted artist's studio. the grounds are beautifully landscaped with mature plants and an outstanding smaller windows on the east side on the second floor.Across the rear of CHECK ONE Built ca.1850,the original board and batten of the Mark Russell House but with a single door.This was once used as a chicken house.

is half-timbered.It has a large multi-paned window on the north side and beams and half timbering made use of lumber from another old Columbus home AI-UNALTERED directly opposite the doorway.A small hall leads back to the den.To the was stuccoed over sometime prior to 1919 when the Russells purchased the wildflower garden giving the appearance ofa set for"Hansel and Gretel". east on a rolling hillside above a busy main road.The property slopes torn down in the mid 20's. in the roofline.

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Statement of significance

a highly commercialized street, the building echoes the past when this area present owner, wife of Columbus artist Mark Russell, is 90 and it is feared of note, specializing in fine penwork, calligraphy, and the design of stained glass, came to Columbus in 1919 to teach at the Columbus Art School. He had He remained at the Columbus Art School until 1964 and died in 1967. Mrs. INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY THEATER AGRICULTURE ART EDUCATION PERIOD EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT BUILDER/ARCHITECT SCIENCE PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE TRANSPORTATION MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE LITERATURE 1800-1899 book illustrations prior to coming to Columbus. INDUSTRY Russell lives in and maintains the property presently.

was farmland and the adjacent city of Worthington was a small village.The designed murals and windows for the Lincoln-LeVeque Tower (NR).He later developed a decorative pen style and free-lanced doing newspaper pages and of Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner) in New York.He also additions were designed by him.

_COMMUNICATIONS Gerichter Art Glass Company, also in New York.Among his glass creations are the windows of the Broad St.Presbyterian Church in Columbus and the Church The property was once part of a 1o0 acre farm in the original Worthington -1500-1599 -1600-1699 SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN that after her death the property will be sold for commercial development Built ca.1850, the Mark Russell House is a rare surviving example of the and the Russell family has owned the property since 1919.The 1920's -1400-1499 - 1700-1799 and the house destroyed.Mark Russell was a well-known artist and teacher, - RELIGION -1900- - LAW COMMUNITY PLANNING Company Survey and was owned by Moses Maynard.

Mark Russell, an artist trained at the Art Students League in New York and was a designer for the Von ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC