Ambrose J. Russell (October 15, 1857 – March 6, 1938) was an

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in Tacoma,

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. He was Scottish but born to parents on mission in the

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, in the town of Trivandram, India. He was trained in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts where he was a classmate of

Bernard Maybeck Bernard Ralph Maybeck (February 7, 1862 – October 3, 1957) was an American architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. He was an instructor at University of California, Berkeley. Most of his major buildings were in ...

. Russell trained in the United States with 19th-century Boston architect

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.Arts & Crafts Homes and the Revival
Winter 2007 page 63, 64 Henry Rhodes had Russell and Frederick Heath design and build a house in 1901. In the Pacific Northwest

Everett Phipps Babcock Everett Phipps Babcock (1874–1928) was an architect who worked in the U.S. states of Washington and California. Babcock worked with Ambrose J. Russell (1857–1938) in Tacoma, Washington on "distinguished residences in various styles".Lawren ...

worked with him. Russell's projects included the Washington Governor's Mansion in Olympia and the William Ross Rust House built for smelter magnate William Rust, costing $122,500. He also designed the Temple Theater,

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, Perkins Building, Tacoma's armory and "many of the city's large mansions" including the Rhodes mansion and the Gower Mansion on E Street. Admiral

James Sargent Russell James Sargent Russell (March 22, 1903 – April 14, 1996) was an admiral in the United States Navy. Biography Russell was born in Tacoma, Washington, the son of noted architect Ambrose J. Russell and Loella Janet (Sargent) Russell. He attended ...

was his son.Steve Dunkelberger, Walter Neary
Lakewood
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Ambrose J. 1857 births 1938 deaths People of the Dutch East Indies American architects American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts